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 A preliminary version (not yet peer-reviewed) posted in ...

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 ...

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 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 ...

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 ...

A 58-year-old woman being treated with COVID-19 within the Henry Ford Health System has developed encephalitis. The central nervous system infection is “unusual” because it is not commonly associated ...

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, ...

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 ...

"I just can't make it tonight. You have fun without me." Across much of the animal kingdom, when infection strikes, social ...