Antibiotic resistance is a major public health threat. As multidrug-resistant bacteria continue to increase, science is looking for a solution. Associate Professor Crista Wadsworth from RIT’s Thomas H ...

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Although, in the majority of cases, the localized presence of Neisseria meningitidis in the throat has no consequence, it can sometimes lead to meningitis or septicaemia. Scientists have recently ...

Developments during the past decade have renewed hopes for solving this seemingly intractable problem. Knowledge of the meningococcal genome has led to the identification of novel antigens that have ...

MOBILE COUNTY, Ala. (WKRG) — Mobile County Health Officer Dr. Kevin Michaels has confirmed a case of bacterial infection Neisseria meningitidis in the county. According to a news release from the ...

Meningococcal meningitis is a rare but serious bacterial infection. It causes dangerous inflammation in the membranes that cover your brain and spinal cord. These are called the meninges. Any type of ...

Their specificity for the host is partly achieved by specific host adhesion mechanisms. As adhesins are required for the first step of colonization, they also constitute key virulence factors and have ...

KENT, Ohio (WOIO) - A Kent State student is receiving medical treatment for Neisseria meningitidis, a serious bacterial infection. Eboni Pringle, Ph.D., the Senior Vice President for Student Life, ...

MEDICS are scrambling to contain a sudden meningitis B outbreak which has rocked Oxfordshire – leaving one student dead and two others infected. The deadly outburst comes after a similar ...