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Categories: Meningitis, Medical emergencies, Acute pain, Disorders causing seizures, long volume value

meningitis bacterial meningitis causes of meningitis cerebral meningitis eosinophilic meningitis

Infectious disease characterized by inflammation of the meninges (the tissues that surround the brain or spinal cord) usually caused by a bacterial infection; symptoms include headache and stiff neck and fever and nausea WordNet 3.0

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Meningitis is acute or chronic inflammation of the protective membranes covering the brain and spinal cord, collectively called the meninges. Wikipedia

Inflammation of membranes around the brain and spinal cord Wikidata

Inflammation of the membranes surrounding the brain or spinal cord. Meningitis can be caused by a bacterium, fungus, or virus. OmegaWiki

Inflammation of the meninges, characterized by headache, neck stiffness and photophobia and also fever, chills, vomiting and myalgia. Wiktionary

Inflammation of the meninges. Wiktionary (translation)

IS A

infectious disease

encephalomyelitis

neurological symptom

central nervous system disease

PART OF

Enterovirus infectious disease

HAS KIND

cerebrospinal meningitis

AFFLICTS

DRUG USED FOR TREATMENT

HAS CAUSE

Listeria monocytogenes

virus

Neisseria meningitidis

Haemophilus influenzae

HEALTH SPECIALTY

neurology

infectious disease

PATHOGEN TRANSMISSION PROCESS

droplet infection

airborne transmission

POSSIBLE TREATMENT

SYMPTOMS

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Wikidata Alias

Meningitis, meninx inflammation, meninxitis