Includes bibliographical references (pages 108-110) and index.
Panic: the silent epidemic -- Meningitis: attack on the nervous system -- Bacterial meningitis -- Viral meningitis -- Other types of meningitis -- Epidemiology -- Diagnosis, treatment, and prevention.
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This book describes the many forms and symptoms of meningitis, a disease that causes inflammation of the meninges (the protective covering that surrounds the brain and spinal cord), and explains the difficulties in identifying the microorganism before treatment can begin.