A Pennsylvania high school student died from bacterial meningitis, according to the local school district.

A Neshaminy High School student has died after suddenly becoming ill with meningitis. Ryan Duffy was admitted to the intensive care unit at a hospital late last week, where he was diagnosed with ...

A variety of vaccines in the U.S. childhood vaccination schedule help to protect kids against meningitis.

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A Pennsylvania teenager has died from bacterial meningitis, months before graduating from high school, according to the school district. Ryan Duffy, 18, was a senior at Neshaminy High School in ...

Group B Streptococcus, which people may call group B strep (GBS), is a type of bacterium that causes GBS disease. GBS can lead to meningitis, which is an infection of the lining of the brain and ...

The Journal of Infectious Diseases, Vol. 149, No. 4 (Apr., 1984), pp. 568-574 (7 pages) In order to define the characteristics of the antibacterial activity of β-lactam antibiotics in the treatment of ...

Streptococcus equi subsp. zooepidemicus rarely causes meningitis in humans by contact with domestic animals or their unpasteurized products. In this paper we reviewed the literature pertaining to the ...

R.L., a 56-year-old obese diabetic woman with chronic pyelonephritis, had an intense headache on the morning of May 12, 1964, and was admitted to Henry Grady Memorial Hospital in a semistuporous state ...