Meningitis
Infectious disease characterized by inflammation of the meninges (the tissues that surround the brain or spinal cord) usually caused by a bacterial infection; symptoms include headache and stiff neck and fever and nausea.
This concept's ID is @1~71207
Contains
- choriomeningitis
A cerebral meningitis with cellular infiltration of the meninges.
- cerebrospinal meningitis
Meningitis caused by bacteria and often fatal.
- meningoencephalitis
Inflammation of the brain and spinal cord and their meninges.
- leptomeningitis
Inflammation of the leptomeninges.