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What is meningitis?
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Dr Beth Thomas
Paediatrician
Beth works at the Angliss Hospital (Ferntree Gully) which has paediatric inpatients and outpatients and a Special Care Nursery. She also works at Monash Medical … View Profile
Meningitis means an inflammation of the “meninges” which is the coverings of the brain and spinal cord. So an infection can be caused by bacteria (such as Neisseria meningitidis which causes meningococcal meningitis) or by a virus (such as Varicella, the chicken pox virus). It is also possible to get fungal meningitis, TB meningitis and parasitic meningitis (such as from malaria or schistosoma). Least common is the “non-infective” meningitis which can be caused as a side effect of some medications (such as some antibiotics), from cancer spreading to the meninges and from full body inflammatory conditions such as lupus or a vasculitis.
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