1. Bacterial Meningitis By: Lauren Powell

2. What is Bacterial Meningitis? Inflammation of the meninges ihttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meningitis

3. What bacteria(s) cause it? Age GroupCauses NewbornGroup B Streptococci, Escherichia coli, Listeria monocytogenes Infant Neisseria meningitidis, Haemophilus influenzae, Streptococcus pneumoniae ChildrenN. meningitidis, S. pneumoniae AdultS. pneumoniae, N. meningitidis, Mycobacteria http://www.cdc.gov/meningitis/about/causes.html (http://www.cdc.gov/meningitis/about/causes.html)

4. Neisseria meningitidis Anti-phagocytic polysaccharide capsule Surface proteins http://www.textbookofbacteriology.net/neisseria.html

5. How N. meningitidis enters the meninges http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2830671/?tool=pubmed

6. Is bacterial meningitis contagious? Spread by respiratory or throat secretions Http://www.cdc.gov/meningitis/about/faq.html Image: www.ewu.edu/x52254.xml

7. People at High Risk Children under 5 Living in close contact Immunocompromised Severe head trauma or chronic infection https://www1.qiagen.com/GeneGlobe/PathwayView.aspx?pathwayID=50 http://www.cdc.gov/meningitis/about/risk-factors.html Image:www.kuyper.edu/StudentLife/housing.aspx

8. Symptoms Fever, headache, stiff neck Infants: inactivity, vomiting, irritability, poor feeding http://www.cdc.gov/meningitis/about/faq.html Image: http://www.abpischools.org.uk/res/coResourceImport/resources04/diseases/images/meningitis.jpg

9. How to Diagnose? Grow bacteria from cerebrospinal fluid ▫spinal tap http://www.cdc.gov/meningitis/about/faq.html Image: http://adventures.worldnomads.com/uploadimages/spinaltap-banner.jpg

10. Treatment Antibiotics ▫Cephalosporins, Penicillin-type antibiotics, & Aminoglycoside drugs Corticosteroids Prophylaxis ▫Rifampin, Cipro, & Rocephin http://www.everydayhealth.com/meningitis/using-antibiotics-to-treat-meningitis.aspx http://kidshealth.org/parent/infections/lung/meningitis.html# Imagedic.academic.ru/dic.nsf/ruwiki/1030251

11. Resistance THREAT! Certain strains resistant to penicillin http://www.everydayhealth.com/meningitis/using-antibiotics-to-treat-meningitis.aspx Image: http://itech.dickinson.edu/chemistry/?cat=65

12. Complications Hearing loss, learning disability, paralysis Severe cases: brain damage, coma, or death http://www.dhpe.org/infect/Bacmeningitis.html image: wwwsodahead.com/.../question-781593/

13. Prevention Routine Immunization Good hygiene http://kidshealth.org/parent/infections/lung/meningitis.html# Image: http://www.tulsa- health.org/media/images/Bacterial%20Men%20Table.gif

14. Developed vs. Developing Countries Developed ▫3 per 100,000 annually Developing ▫Epidemics ▫Sub-Saharan Africa: 500 per 100,000 annually http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meningitis

15. ♦ "Meningitis belt" ♦ epidemic zones ♦ sporadic cases http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meningitis

16. Public Health Response (WHO) Epidemic Preparedness Epidemic Response http://www.who.int/mediacentre/factsheets/fs141/en/ Image:www.msf.org.uk/meningitis.focus

17. Bibliography http://www.faqs.org/health/topics/59/Antibiotics.html http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m1370/is_n7_v25/ai_11348636/ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haemophilus_influenzae http://www.cdc.gov/meningitis/global.html http://www.ct.gov/dph/cwp/view.asp?a=3136&q=388352 http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0903696.html