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 2 (2005), Issue 2 (February)

1. Melatonin is neuroprotective in experimental Streptococcus pneumoniae meningitis.
   J Infect Dis, 191(5): 783-90. [Abstract] [Full-text]
2. Urokinase-type plasminogen activator receptor regulates leukocyte recruitment during experimental pneumococcal meningitis.
   J Infect Dis, 191(5): 776-82. [Abstract] [Full-text]
3. Invasive Haemophilus influenzae type B diseases in Bangladesh, with increased resistance to antibiotics.
   J Pediatr, 146(2): 227-33. [Abstract] [Full-text]
4. Virus infection-associated bone marrow B cell depletion and impairment of humoral immunity to heterologous infection mediated by TNF-alpha/LTalpha.
   Eur J Immunol, 35(2): 524-32. [Abstract] [Full-text]
5. Relationship between intracranial granulomas and cerebrospinal fluid levels of gamma interferon and interleukin-10 in patients with tuberculous meningitis.
   Clin Diagn Lab Immunol, 12(2): 363-5. [Abstract] [Full-text]
6. Quantitative PCR-enhanced immunoassay for measurement of enteroviral immunoglobulin M antibody and diagnosis of aseptic meningitis.
   Clin Diagn Lab Immunol, 12(2): 235-41. [Abstract] [Full-text]
7. Rapid detection of Neisseria meningitidis in cerebrospinal fluid by one-step polymerase chain reaction of the nspA gene.
   Diagn Microbiol Infect Dis, 51(2): 85-90. [Abstract] [Full-text]
8. Co-existence of Chiari malformation type I and Epstein-Barr virus meningoencephalitis in a 3-year-old child: case report and review of the literature.
   Neuroradiology, 47(1): 78-82. [Abstract] [Full-text]
9. Cerebral white matter injury in the newborn following Escherichia coli meningitis.
   Eur J Paediatr Neurol, 9(1): 13-7. [Abstract] [Full-text]
10. Antibody neutralization of vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) fails to attenuate vascular permeability and brain edema in experimental pneumococcal meningitis.
    J Neuroimmunol, 160(1): 170-7. [Abstract] [Full-text]
11. Tuberculous meningitis: many questions, too few answers.
    Lancet Neurol, 4(3): 160-70. [Abstract] [Full-text]
12. Long-term outcome for children with bacterial meningitis in rural Papua New Guinea.
    J Trop Pediatr, 51(1): 51-3. [Abstract] [Full-text]
13. The benefit of chemotherapy in a patient with multiple brain metastases and meningitis carcinomatosa from ovarian cancer.
    Int J Clin Oncol, 10(1): 69-71. [Abstract] [Full-text]
14. Phase I evaluation of the safety and pharmacokinetics of murine-derived anticryptococcal antibody 18B7 in subjects with treated cryptococcal meningitis.
    Antimicrob Agents Chemother, 49(3): 952-8. [Abstract] [Full-text]
15. Phenotypic switching of Cryptococcus neoformans can produce variants that elicit increased intracranial pressure in a rat model of cryptococcal meningoencephalitis.
    Infect Immun, 73(3): 1779-87. [Abstract] [Full-text]
16. Intra-hospital lethality among infants with pyogenic meningitis.
    Pediatr Neurol, 32(3): 180-3. [Abstract] [Full-text]

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