When it comes to bacterial infections, bacterial meningitis may not be the most common one, but it is certainly among the most serious. "The most worrisome part of bacterial meningitis is the ...

Background To evaluate the effects of the lactic acid bacterium Lactobacillus salivarius on caries risk factors.

Meningitis can be contagious, and people with weak immune systems are especially vulnerable. Some types of meningitis are not contagious (spread from person to person). Meningitis is an inflammation ...

Meningitis is an infection that causes inflammation of the meninges, which is a layer of tissues that cover the brain and spinal cord. Viruses and bacteria can cause meningitis. Meningitis caused by ...

Twenty-six children had 29 cases of bacterial meningitis. The incidence of meningitis caused by Streptococcus pneumoniae was 138.2 cases per 100,000 person-years (more than 30 times the incidence ...

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 ...

MEDLINE, Embase and Global Health databases were searched to identify studies that reported invasive bacterial infections in infants using MeSH terms for bacteremia, sepsis or bacterial meningitis and ...

Strep throat is a highly contagious infection caused by group A Streptococcus bacteria (Streptococcus pyogenes); it is common in children but affects adults too. Strep throat symptoms include a sore ...

In the past few decades, considerable progress has been made in understanding the complex interaction of host and pathogen, and the pathophysiology underlying both meningococcal septicaemia and ...

GlobalData tracks drug-specific phase transition and likelihood of approval scores, in addition to indication benchmarks based off 18 years of historical drug development data. Attributes of the drug, ...