meningitis

Converse of object

• diagnose: The doctors didn't even know what was wrong with her, at first; it was later that they diagnosed meningitis.
• suspect: If you suspect meningitis you must seek urgent medical assistance.
• cause: What causes meningitis Meningitis is usually caused by a bacteria or a virus.
• survive: Even children who survive meningitis, apparently without any complications, may develop learning difficulties.
• catch: Is there anything that could make someone more likely to catch meningitis?

Adjective modifier

• meningococcal: There has been a recent outbreak of meningococcal meningitis.
• pneumococcal: About 80 % of people who get pneumococcal meningitis recover 2, about half of them without serious problems.
• aseptic: The symptoms of aseptic meningitis respond readily to high-dose corticosteroid treatment.
• cryptococcal: But without it, cryptococcal meningitis and oral thrush are the painful fates awaiting many people infected with HIV.
• bacterial: Bacterial meningitis is more common in children than in adults.
• tuberculous: Tuberculous meningitis is sometimes seen in newly infected children.

Modifies a noun

• septicaemia: In a very few people the bacteria get into the blood stream and cause meningitis and/or septicaemia!
• vaccine: For information on the meningitis vaccine, please visit the Department of Health's website.
• outbreak: The director of public health told my investigator that it was his responsibility to oversee the management of the meningitis outbreak.
• B: Meningitis B: sorry, they haven't invented a vaccine yet - see Future.
• vaccination: Is there a risk of CJD from a meningitis vaccination?
• bacterium: About 10 % of the population carry the meningitis bacterium without any ill effect to themselves or others.

Noun used with modifier

• TB: TB meningitis tends to be more severe than other forms of meningitis.
• contracting: However, only very close household contacts of the patient are at an increased risk of contracting meningitis.
• tuberculosis: Mycobacterium tuberculosis meningitis: a report of 12 cases and literature review.