Meningitis Research Today is a free monthly online journal that collates and summarizes the latest research about Meningitis, including details on viral, bacterial, spinal, symptoms, treatment.

Volume 1 (2004), Issue 6 (December)

1. Indicators of acute bacterial meningitis in children at a rural Kenyan district hospital.
   Pediatrics, 114(6): e713-9. [Abstract] [Full-text]
2. A low peripheral blood white blood cell count in infants younger than 90 days increases the odds of acute bacterial meningitis relative to bacteremia.
   Acad Emerg Med, 11(12): 1297-301. [Abstract] [Full-text]
3. Refractory candidal meningitis in an immunocompromised patient cured by caspofungin.
   J Clin Microbiol, 42(12): 5950-3. [Abstract] [Full-text]
4. Clindamycin is neuroprotective in experimental Streptococcus pneumoniae meningitis compared with ceftriaxone.
   J Neurochem, 91(6): 1450-60. [Abstract] [Full-text]
5. Brain-derived neurotrophic factor protects against multiple forms of brain injury in bacterial meningitis.
   J Infect Dis, 191(1): 40-5. [Abstract] [Full-text]
6. Role of tumor necrosis factor receptors in regulating CD8 T-cell responses during acute lymphocytic choriomeningitis virus infection.
   J Virol, 79(1): 202-13. [Abstract] [Full-text]
7. Immunization of mice with Neisseria meningitidis serogroup B genomic expression libraries elicits functional antibodies and reduces the level of bacteremia in an infant rat infection model.
   Vaccine, 23(7): 932-9. [Abstract] [Full-text]
8. Listeria monocytogenes meningitis in an immunocompetent adult patient.
   Med Princ Pract, 14(1): 55-7. [Abstract] [Full-text]
9. Referral and previous care of children with meningitis in Nigeria: implications for the presentation and outcome of meningitis in developing countries.
   J Neurol Sci, 228(1): 41-8. [Abstract] [Full-text]
10. Bacterial meningitis in Burkina Faso: surveillance using field-based polymerase chain reaction testing.
    Clin Infect Dis, 40(1): 17-25. [Abstract] [Full-text]
11. Meningitis is a common cause of convulsive status epilepticus with fever.
    Arch Dis Child, 90(1): 66-9. [Abstract] [Full-text]
12. Fulminant acute disseminated encephalomyelitis mimicking acute bacterial menigoencephalitis.
    Eur J Neurol, 12(1): 67-9. [Abstract] [Full-text]
13. Prevention of meningo/encephalomyelitis due to Sarcocystis neurona infection in mice is mediated by CD8 cells.
    Int J Parasitol, 35(1): 113-23. [Abstract] [Full-text]
14. Role of S fimbriae in Escherichia coli K1 binding to brain microvascular endothelial cells in vitro and penetration into the central nervous system in vivo.
    Microb Pathog, 37(6): 287-93. [Abstract] [Full-text]
15. Meningococcal polysaccharide-protein conjugate vaccines.
    Lancet Infect Dis, 5(1): 21-30. [Abstract] [Full-text]

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