The Meningitis Research Foundation of Canada (Health/Neurological_Disorders)
meningitis.ca
Description: Information about the organization and its mission and events. Includes data about... the disease, news and the different types.research foundation striving to raise funds to promote education and research in order to prevent death and disability from meningitis and other infections of the central nervous system
Specializes in: donations immunization program meningitis vaccines research prevention of meningitis central nervous system...

Medinfo Meningitis (Health/Neurological_Disorders)
medinfo.co.uk
Description: Information on the symptoms and signs, what to do and where to go for further information..., from Medinfo.co.ukMedinfos patient information on meningitis, an infection of the covering layers of the brain (meninges). Meningitis can be caused by various sorts of infection, with a virus, with a bacterium, and even with fungi
Specializes in: medinfo meningitis meninges meningococcus meningococcal haemophilus influenzae hib medical... fact sheet information

HealthLink MCW (Health/Neurological_Disorders)
healthlink.mcw.edu
Description: Read about Meningococcal disease, which refers to two conditions caused by the bacterium... Neisseria meningitides. Includes transmission, symptoms and treatment.Meningococcal disease refers to two conditions caused by the bacterium Neisseria meningitides: meningococcal meningitis, an inflammation of the tissues that cover the brain and spinal cord, and meningococcemia, an infection of the blood
Specializes in: brain meningococcal meningitis meningitis spinal cord vaccinations meningococal meningitis neisseria meningitidis meningococcal disease... meningococcemia milwaukee

Meningitis Vaccine Project (Health/Neurological_Disorders)
meningvax.org
Description: Mission is to eliminate epidemic meningitis as a public health problem in subSaharan... Africa through the development, testing, introduction, and widespread use of conjugate meningococcal vaccines. Features press releases and disease information.Meningitis Vaccine Project: Eliminating epidemic meningitis as a public health problem in subSaharan Africa
Specializes in: meningitis vacccine conjugate...

National Meningitis Association (Health/Neurological_Disorders)
nmaus.org
Description: A nonprofit organization founded by parents to educate parents, students, health... professionals and public policy makers about the dangers of meningococcal disease and vaccination efforts.NMA is a nonprofit organization founded by parents of victims to educate families about meningitis, disease symptoms, and prevention approaches to meningococcal meningitis, especially immunization
Specializes in: meningitis nma national meningitis association viral meningitis meningococcal meningitis spinal meningitis bacterial meningitis meningitis symptoms... meningitis vaccine cdc

eMedicine Health Brain Infection (Health/Neurological_Disorders)
emedicinehealth.com
Description: Consumer health resource center providing information on causes, symptoms, and treatment... of various form of brainCNS infections.Our brain, the spinal cord, and its surrounding structures could become infected by a large spectrum of germs (that is, microorganisms). Bacteria and viruses are the most common offenders. Parasites
Specializes in: meningitis encephalitis myelitis cerebral abscess toxoplasmosis toxo cerebral cysticercosis trichinosis... spinal abscess poliomyelitis

Meningococcal Australia, Inc (Health/Neurological_Disorders)
meningococcal-australia.org.au
Description: Find an Australian charitable organisation, established in February 2003, dedicated... solely to fighting Meningococcal Disease through education and research and assisting those people whose lives have been ravaged by this terrible disease.Meningococcal is a potentially life threatening disease. Knowing the symptoms and acting quickly to get medical help, can save lives
Specializes in: meningococcal meningococcal australia inc meningitis medical septicaemia symptoms outbreak diseases... children babies

eMedicine Health (Health/Neurological_Disorders)
emedicinehealth.com
Description: Consumer health resource center providing information on the causes, symptoms, and... treatment of seizures.Everyone has the potential to have seizures. Some people have them frequently. Seizure disorders vary tremendously. Some people have only an occasional seizure, and other people have daily or more
Specializes in: seizure emergencies seizure disorder convulsions status epilepticus epilepsy meningitis febrile seizures...

Prevnar.com (Health/Medications)
prevnar.com
Description: Information about Prevnar, a vaccine for infants and toddlers that helps prevent... invasive diseases caused by the bacteria Streptococcus pneumoniae, which can cause bacterial meningitis, blood infections, and other invasive diseases. From WyethAyerst Laboratories. Prevnar is a vaccine for infants and children that helps prevent certain invasive pneumococcal diseases caused by streptococcus pneumoniae, which can cause bacterial meningitis, blood infections and other invasive diseases
Specializes in: vaccines vaccine childhood diseases meningitis ear infections bacterial meningitis childhood immunizations bacterial pneumonia... childhood illnesses child immunizations

eMedicine: Meningitis (Health/Neurological_Disorders)
emedicine.com
Description: Dr. Marjorie Lazoff offers a detailed clinical report on its causes, symptoms, and... treatment. Includes information on bacterial meningitis diagnostic and treatment procedures
Specializes in: meningitis inflammation leptomeninges underlying subarachnoid cerebrospinal fluid bacterial meningitis... meningococcal meningitis pneumococcal meningitis

eMedicine Health Meningitis in Children (Health/Neurological_Disorders)
emedicinehealth.com
Description: Consumer health resource center providing information on the causes, symptoms, and... treatment.Meningitis is a term used to describe an inflammation of the membranes that surround the brain or the spinal cord. Meningitis is a potentially lifethreatening condition that can rapidly progress
Specializes in: meningitis meningitis in children spinal meningitis inflammation meninges brain infection encephalitis brain swelling... swelling brain

MedlinePlus: Meningitis (Health/Neurological_Disorders)
nlm.nih.gov
Description: Directory of news, articles, and factsheets...
Specializes in: meningitis...