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Meningitis is an inflammation of the meninges, a protective coating in your body that defends your spinal nerves and brain. The inflammation is caused when some infection attacks the meninges.
Meningitis is generally sorted into two main types: Bacterial and Viral. The difference, of course, being that one is caused by a bacterial infection, and one is caused by a viral infection. There aren't really any infections that specifically cause meningitis. It's normally caused by some other infection that works its way into the meninges.
However, meningitis can also be caused by various fungi, parasites, Allergies to drugs, chemicals, and tumors. Though these are much less common than the bacterial and viral variants.
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What is the difference between viral and a bacteria infection?
As simple as that a viral infection is caused by a virus and a bacterial infection is caused by a bacteria.
Which of these is a human disease caused by bacteria?
Plenty. They are known as pathogenic bacteria. Visit the bacteria museum online,
Is cellulitis caused by a virus?
No, it is caused by normal skin bacteria bacteria entering a wound. It is usually one of the milder strains of Streptococcus or Staphylococcus.
Is lung tb and brain tb the same virus?
Tuberculosis is caused by the bacteria and not the virus. It is caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis. yes, both lung's and brain's TB are caused by the same.
What causes lung inflammation?
Lung inflammation can be caused by breathing in irritants. It can also be caused by a bacteria or virus.
Can you get spinal meningitis from shaken baby syndrome?
Meningitis is caused by a bacteria or a virus.
What is meningitis and how can you get it?
It means an inflammation of the meninges. The meninges are the covering of the brain and spinal cord. They can swell and harm the cord and the brain. It is very serious. It can be caused by a bacteria or a virus.
Diseases such as cholera meningitis poliomyelitis and typhoid are usually attributed to?
They are all due to microorganisms or pathogens that infect the body. Poliomyelitis is caused by a virus while cholera, meningitis, and typhoid are caused by bacteria.
What is spirilla meningitis?
This is a type of meningitis caused by the bacteria spirillum serpens.
What type of microbe causes meningitis?
Meningitis is most often caused by bacteria, but also can be a viral meningitis or, rarely, caused by a fungus.
What Disease Does Bacteria Not Cause?
There are many diseases that are not caused by bacteria. Anything that is caused by a virus (viral meningitis or HIV, for example) is not going to be caused by a bacterial infection. Also, genetic disorders can be caused by over or underexpression of proteins in the body. These are not bacterial related.
Is typhoid fever caused by bacteria virus or parasite?
Bacteria Virus
Is meningitis single celled?
[From Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meningitis ]Meningitis is a medical condition that is caused by inflammation of the protective membranes covering the brain and spinal cord, known collectively as the meninges.So meningitis is not single celled, because meningitis itself isn't a bacteria or virus, but the resulting swelling caused by any number of things; of which can be bacterial or viral.
Two disease caused by bacteria in humans?
meningitis
Is conjuctivitis caused by bacteria virus or fungi?
Bacteria and virus
Is HIV caused by bacteria?
No. HIV is caused by a virus, not a bacteria.
Is mumps caused by bacteria or virus?
virus
