bacterail meningitis

Philippines
September 18, 2010 8:18am CST
meningitis-inflammation of the membranes surrounding the brain and spinal cord. bacterial meningitis is most frequently caused by neisseria meningitides, streptococcus pneumoniae and haemophilus influenzae. it starts as an infection of the oropharynx and is followed by meningococcal septicemia, which extends to the meninges of the brain and the upper region of the spinal cord.
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