eMedicine Health Meningitis in Adults (Health/Neurological_Disorders)
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Description: Consumer health resource center providing information on the causes, symptoms, and... treatment of this potentially lifethreatening infection of the meningesthe tough layer of tissue that surrounds the brain and the spinal cord.Meningitis is a potentially lifethreatening infection of the meningesthe tough layer of tissue that surrounds the brain and the spinal cord. If not treated, meningitis can lead to brain swelling
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