Upper Respiratory Infection
Health Encyclopedia: Meningitis Meningococcal
Meningococcal meningitis is an infection that causes inflammation of the membranes covering the brain and spinal cord.
Alternative Names
Meningococcal meningitis
Causes, incidence, and risk factors
Meningococcal meningitis is caused by the bacterium Neisseria meningitidis (also known as meningococcus).
Most cases of meningococcal meningitis occur in children, from infancy to adolescence. Meningococcus is the most common cause of bacterial meningitis in...
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Expert & Community Posts
Should I Work Out If I Have a Cold?
By Jeffrey Heit , Health Expert...it cold outside, but many of us are suffering from upper respiratory infections- or, to put it... Read more »
Allergies, Colds, Bronchitis? It's Not So Easy to Tell the Difference
By Sloane Miller , Health Expert...Thursday my cough was producing yellow mucus. I had an upper respiratory infection. When I... Read more »
Colds and Asthma
By Fred Little , Health Expert...one. What causes colds?Over 90% of common colds (upper respiratory infections, ‘URI’s) are... Read more »
Five Gift Ideas for Acid Reflux Families
By Tracy Davenport , Health Expert...Between daily reflux medications, frequent sinus and upper respiratory infections, and special... Read more »
More Biologic Drugs Will Be Available for Rheumatoid Arthritis
By Mark Borigini, M.D. , Health Expert...side effects were headache, nasopharyngitis, and upper respiratory infections. Injection site... Read more »
Health Guide
Secondary infections
...bacterial infection is a secondary infection. The development of bacterial pneumonia following a viral upper respiratory infection is another example. Information Read more »Laryngitis
Recent or current upper respiratory infection Hoarseness Fever Swollen lymph nodes or glands in the neck Signs and tests Physical examination is usually... Read more »Tracheitis
...tracheitis is most often caused by the bacteria Staphylococcus aureus. It frequently follows a recent viral upper respiratory infection. It affects mostly young children, possibly because their... Read more »ECHO virus infection
...gastroenteritis Viral pharyngitis Herpangina (mouth sores) Croup Upper respiratory infection Pneumonia Pericarditis ... Read more »Symptomatic
...noticed by the patient. Many conditions and diseases have symptoms. A cough can be a symptom of an upper respiratory infection. When someone has the common symptoms associated with a disease... Read more »Images
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