Bacterial meningitis is a severe infection characterised by the inflammation of the membranes that envelop the brain and spinal cord. It results in high rates of morbidity and mortality worldwide, ...

A Brazilian study published in the journal PNAS describes some of the effects infection by SARS-CoV-2 can have on the central nervous system. A preliminary version (not yet peer-reviewed) posted in ...

The population yielding patients has previously been described. 4,6 Briefly, military or dependent patients were referred from armed-forces hospitals; patients from Veterans Administration and local ...

A study conducted by an international team of researchers with FAPESP's support shows that infection by chikungunya virus can produce even more severe manifestations than the typical symptoms of the ...

A number of studies have reported an increased incidence of hypothalamic–pituitary dysfunction following traumatic brain injury or subarachnoid hemorrhage, and infections of the central nervous system ...

A study conducted by an international team of researchers with FAPESP's support shows that infection by chikungunya virus can produce even more severe manifestations than the typical symptoms of the ...

In a new study, researchers identified factors to distinguish between central nervous system (CNS) infections and neuropsychiatric lupus erythematosus (NPSLE) in people with the disease and developed ...

Researchers now better understand the role of a protein, interleukin-21 (IL-21), in the immune system response to infections in the nervous system. The results of their recent study support further ...

An artificial intelligence (AI) model capable of early classification of the causes of acute inflammation in the central nervous system and predicting patient prognosis has been developed. On June 4, ...

image: Section of a cerebral vessel in an infected animal model containing infected monocytes adhering to endothelial cells. Listeria is marked in red, actin in white (including the actin tails ...

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract Clinical outcomes were reviewed for 4 patients with Cryptococcus gattii central nervous system infection who received dexamethasone for the ...

The peaceful and delicate co-existence of friendly gut bacteria and the immune system relies on highly coordinated information exchange between immune system cells and certain cells lining the ...