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Meningitis in infancy is associated with teen behavioural problems
Infants who contract meningitis grow into teenagers with worse behavioural problems than their peers, suggests a study in the Archives of Disease in Childhood. The research team carried out a survey of the parents and teachers of 739 English and Welsh 13 year olds who had contracted bacterial meningitis before their first birthday between 1985 and... view more... (2003-04-23)
A fast diagnosis for bacterial meningitis
University of Sydney researchers at Westmead Millennium Institute develop an accurate and rapid method of diagnosing bacterial meningitis. view more (2005-11-17)
Clinical guidelines help identify which children at risk of bacterial meningitis
A set of guidelines have been developed that can help predict the risk of bacterial meningitis for children with cerebrospinal fluid pleocytosis (presence of greater number of white blood cells than normal). view more (2007-01-03)
Hope For New Meningitis Vaccine
Research performed by scientists at the School of Biomedical and Molecular Sciences, University of Surrey and the Health Protection Agency (Porton Down, Salisbury) provides hope for developing a new meningitis vaccine that will protect children against all groups of meningococcus. Published in the journal, Infection and Immunity, the research... view more... (2004-01-05)
Risk factors identified for hearing loss in children with bacterial meningitis
Researchers have identified several risk factors that are associated with the development of hearing loss in children with bacterial meningitis. view more (2006-09-19)
Fractional dose of scarce meningitis vaccine may be effective in outbreak control
One fifth of the standard dose of a commonly used meningitis vaccine may be as effective as using the full dose. view more (2008-12-05)
How Bacteria get into Brains to Cause Meningitis
An international collaboration between medical researchers may have identified how meningitis causing bacteria cross from the blood into the brain, paving the way for new strategies to prevent this fatal disease, the Society for General Microbiology's Spring Meeting in Edinburgh heard today, Tuesday 8 April 2003. "Almost every known bacteria... view more... (2003-04-02)
A THIRD OF CHILDHOOD BACTERIAL MENINGITIS CASES COULD BE MISSED IN SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA (p 1753)
Limited resources, which prevents the measurement of microbiological markers, could mean that around a third of cases of acute childhood bacterial meningitis are not diagnosed in sub-Saharan Africa, conclude authors of a study in this week's issue of THE LANCET. The diagnosis of acute bacterial meningitis in children is difficult in sub-Saharan... view more... (2001-05-31)
Dipstick test for meningitis culprits
Over a million people each year, most of them in the "meningitis belt" in Africa, contract bacterial meningitis, a potentially deadly infection of tissues that line the brain and spinal cord. view more (2006-09-05)
Gene mutations - possible link to meningitis
Gene mutations may account for a third of all meningococcal meningitis in the UK scientists heard today (Thursday 19 September) at the Society for General Microbiology autumn meeting at Loughborough University. "We have used family studies to calculate that differences in a person`s genetics account for at least one third of the risk of... view more... (2002-08-28)
Meningitis in infancy linked to developmental problems
Children who get meningitis in their first year of life have a 10-fold increased risk of severe or moderate disability at 5 years of age compared with other children, concludes a study in this week's BMJ. These findings provide a complete picture of the range of problems experienced by children from England and Wales who have had meningitis in... view more... (2001-09-05)
Early hearing tests improve children's recovery from meningitis
Hearing loss and its impact in social interactions can be potentially minimized in children with bacterial meningitis through early identification, according to a study conducted at Baylor College of Medicine (BCM) in Houston. view more (2006-09-19)
Change policy: Giving steroids to children with meningitis can reduce hearing loss and lower the incidence of long-term brain damage and can save lives in both children and adults with meningitis
Research News in the Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews Antibiotics are essential and life-saving in the treatment of bacterial meningitis, but for years doctors have debated whether to give corticosteroids at the same time. The inflammation caused by meningitis can actually be made worse by antibiotics in the short term, as the bacteria... view more... (2003-09-23)
Change policy: Giving steroids to children with meningitis can reduce hearing loss and lower the incidence of long-term brain damage and can save lives in both children and adults with meningitis
Research News in the Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews Antibiotics are essential and life-saving in the treatment of bacterial meningitis, but for years doctors have debated whether to give corticosteroids at the same time. The inflammation caused by meningitis can actually be made worse by antibiotics in the short term, as the bacteria... view more... (2003-07-28)
Meningitis C vaccine is cost effective
The introduction of meningococcal C vaccine in the UK in 1999 has rapidly and substantially reduced the incidence of meningitis in young people and is cost effective, finds a study in this week’s BMJ. Researchers at the Public Health Laboratory Service in London assessed the cost effectiveness of the vaccination campaign in people aged 0-17... view more... (2002-04-03)
Nasal vaccine may protect against meningitis
BENIGN bugs that live in the noses of many infants have inspired a much-needed vaccine against a deadly form of meningitis. Based on the bacterium Neisseria lactamica, the prototype vaccine is showing promise against group B meningococcal meningitis and septicaemia, the potentially fatal blood... view more... (2002-04-10)
New Model For Early Meningitis Detection Sub-Saharan Africa (pp 255, 287)
A meningitis incidence threshold of 10 cases per 100 000 inhabitants in just 1 week - lower than previously recommended by the WHO - can reliably be used to confirm an epidemic in time to implement vaccination programmes, conclude authors of a study in this week's issue of THE LANCET. Epidemics of meningitis in sub-Saharan Africa cause serious... view more... (2001-07-25)
Meningitis: effectiveness of preventive vaccination demonstrated
Meningitis epidemics caused by the pathogen Nesseiria meningitis (or meningococcus) provoke high mortality in children and young people under 20 years of age in sub-Saharan Africa. view more (2007-06-06)
Scientists identify specific enzymes that make meningitis hard to fight
Two enzymes in meningitis bacteria which prevent the body from successfully fighting off the disease, and make the infection extremely virulent, have been identified in new research published today. view more (2007-02-23)
MOST ACQUISITION OF MENINGITIS BACTERIA AMONG STUDENTS OCCURS IN FIRST WEEK OF UNIVERSITY TERM
A study of 2,500 first year Nottingham University students, led by Neal and colleagues of the University?s Department of Public Health Medicine, showed that the carriage rate of bacterial meningitis strains had quadrupled within the first four days of the autumn term. Students living in catered halls were at greatest risk, with over a third of... view more... (2000-03-21)
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