What is meningitis?

Also known as: bacterial meningitis, spinal meningitis.

Meningitis is an infection that causes inflammation of the linings that cover the spinal cord and the brain. The disease can cause deadly complications if it isn’t detected and treated early. It occurs most often in infants and children but any age group can be affected.

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Reviewed by: Otto M Ramos, MD

This page was last updated on: 1/29/2019 3:21:13 PM