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 7 (July)

1. Low CD8 T-cell proliferative potential and high viral load limit the effectiveness of therapeutic vaccination.
   J Virol, 79(14): 8960-8. [Abstract] [Full-text]
2. Clinical relevance of hydrocephalus in bacterial meningitis in adults.
   Surg Neurol, 64(1): 61-5; discussion 66. [Abstract] [Full-text]
3. First case of human cryptococcosis due to Cryptococcus neoformans var. gattii in Spain.
   J Clin Microbiol, 43(7): 3548-50. [Abstract] [Full-text]
4. Possible tick-borne human enterovirus resulting in aseptic meningitis.
   J Clin Microbiol, 43(7): 3471-3. [Abstract] [Full-text]
5. Rapid diagnosis of bacterial meningitis by real-time PCR and fluorescence in situ hybridization.
   J Clin Microbiol, 43(7): 3390-7. [Abstract] [Full-text]
6. Iatrogenic (para-) spinal abscesses and meningitis following injection therapy for low back pain.
   Pain, 116(3): 407-10. [Abstract] [Full-text]
7. Molecular characterisation of Haemophilus influenzae type a and untypeable strains isolated simultaneously from cerebrospinal fluid and blood: novel use of quantitative real-time PCR based on the cap copy number to determine virulence.
   Clin Microbiol Infect, 11(8): 637-43. [Abstract] [Full-text]
8. Cryptococcal meningitis in a patient with X-linked hyper-IgM1 syndrome.
   Scand J Infect Dis, 37(6): 526-8. [Abstract] [Full-text]
9. Nocardia asteroides brain abscesses and meningitis in an immunocompromized 10-year-old child.
   Scand J Infect Dis, 37(6): 511-3. [Abstract] [Full-text]
10. Role of thymic output in regulating CD8 T-cell homeostasis during acute and chronic viral infection.
    J Virol, 79(15): 9419-29. [Abstract] [Full-text]
11. Spinal paraparesis due to leukemic meningitis in early-stage chronic lymphocytic leukemia.
    Leuk Lymphoma, 46(4): 619-21. [Abstract] [Full-text]
12. Eosinophilic meningomyelitis in toxocariasis: case report and review of the literature.
    Clin Neurol Neurosurg, 107(5): 432-8. [Abstract] [Full-text]
13. Bacterial meningitis in Hong Kong: 10-years' experience.
    Clin Neurol Neurosurg, 107(5): 366-70. [Abstract] [Full-text]
14. Baseline correlation and comparative kinetics of cerebrospinal fluid colony-forming unit counts and antigen titers in cryptococcal meningitis.
    J Infect Dis, 192(4): 681-4. [Abstract] [Full-text]
15. Early onset neonatal meningitis in Australia and New Zealand, 1992-2002.
    Arch Dis Child Fetal Neonatal Ed, 90(4): F324-7. [Abstract] [Full-text]
16. Ceftriaxone as effective as long-acting chloramphenicol in short-course treatment of meningococcal meningitis during epidemics: a randomised non-inferiority study.
    Lancet, 366(9482): 308-13. [Abstract] [Full-text]
17. C-reactive protein: a valuable acute investigation. A case of pneumococcal meningitis presenting as ankle pain.
    Emerg Med J, 22(8): 602-3. [Abstract] [Full-text]
18. Escherichia coli K1 inhibits proinflammatory cytokine induction in monocytes by preventing NF-kappaB activation.
    J Leukoc Biol, 78(2): 544-54. [Abstract] [Full-text]

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