meningitis
inflammation of the membranes around the brain and spinal cord
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Summary
meningitis is a class of disease[1]. meningitis ranks in the top 2% of class of disease entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (18,632 views/month).[2]
Key Facts
- Instance of: symptom or sign[3]
- Subclass of: encephalomyelitis[4], central nervous system disease[5], disease[6], pandemic and epidemic-prone diseases[7]
- Commons category: Meningitis[8]
- Said to be the same as: Q136799481[9], Q136723398[10], Q136723259[11], Q136471489[12], Q137188074[13], Q137188236[14]
- ICPC 2 ID: N71[15]
- Afflicts: human[16]
- Symptoms and signs: headache[17], fever[18], nausea[19], photophobia[20], meningeal syndrome[21], vomiting[22]
- Has cause: Streptococcus pneumoniae[23], Neisseria meningitidis[24], Haemophilus influenzae[25], Listeria monocytogenes[26], virus[27], cranial leak of cerebrospinal fluid[28]
- Topic's main category: Category:Meningitis[29]
- Medical examination: neurological examination[30], lumbar puncture[31], optical microscopy[32], polymerase chain reaction[33], microbiological culture[34], viral culture[35]
- Possible treatment: pharmacotherapy[36], steroid[37], antibiotic[38], antiviral drug[39]
- Anatomical location: meninges[40]
- Disease transmission process: droplet infection[41], airborne transmission[42]
- Number of deaths: 379,000[43]
- Described by source: Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[44], Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[45], Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[46], Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[47]
- ICD-9-CM: 322[48], 322.9[49]
- NCI Thesaurus ID: C26828[50]
- Health specialty: neurology[51], infectious diseases[52]
- Drug or therapy used for treatment: 5-fluorocytosine[53], minocycline[54], flucloxacillin[55], ceftriaxone[56], amikacin[57], DL-ofloxacin[58]
- Disjoint union of: list of values as qualifiers[59]
Why It Matters
meningitis has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[60] meningitis is known by 76 alternative names across languages and contexts.[61]