In our medical institution, the tests for a patient with meningitis included the following: CSF cytology, Gram stain and culture, acid-fast stain and culture, fungus culture, PCR for TB, PCR for the ...

Those travelling to Saudi Arabia for Umrah no longer require to be vaccinated against Neisseria meningitis. This was informed by the General Authority of Civil Aviation (GACA) in a new circular on ...

KARACHI: Pakistani travellers heading to Saudi Arabia for Umrah or Hajj are no longer required to provide proof of Neisseria meningitis vaccination, as the Saudi Civil Aviation Authority has ...

Background The gold standard for diagnosis of meningitis is the isolation of a pathogen from cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) by culture or PCR. However, treatment is routinely commenced based on CSF ...

ic.ac.uk Neisseria meningitidis is remarkable ... by the bacteria within the cerebrospinal fluid (CSF), as well as impaired neurological function to profound shock. There are important clinical ...

The new vaccine is a combination of GSK’s already-approved vaccines Bexsero and Menveo and is designed to protect against meningitis ... of the bacteria Neisseria meningitidis.