### condition | illness | disease | meningitis:

Meningococcal meningitis
* bacterial infection of the tissues covering the brain and spinal cord.
* brain infection caused by bacteria originally from the nose area.
* can cause a very severe illness and rapidly progress to death
  - an individual to become very ill
  - grave illness and rapidly progresses to death
  - occur, especially in the dry season
* causes membranes around the brain and spinal cord to swell.
* continuing threat in day-care centers and schools.
* is an infection of the membranes surrounding the brain and the spinal cord
  - tissue that surrounds the brain and spinal cord
  - caused by the meningococcal bacteria
  - spread via saliva and nose and throat secretions
  - suggested by fever, headache, and a rapidly developing rash
* is the more life-threatening form of the disease
  - only form of bacterial meningitis which causes epidemics
  - transmitted through respiratory droplets
* occurs globally.
* occurs in the form of epidemic outbreaks in Brazil
  - outbreaks in Chile
  - sporadically worldwide and flares into epidemics in endemic areas
* rare and serious bacterial infection of the brain and spinal cord.
* rare but potentially dangerous illness
* rare, but potentially fatal, bacterial infection.
* risk, depending on the area and the time of year
  - visited and time of year
  - particularly in savannah areas and during the dry season
* serious bacterial infection of the covering of the brain
  - disease that can strike anyone at anytime
* severe disease.

Pneumococcal meningitis
* can also result from an ear infection or head injury.
* is an extremely serious infection, affecting the lining of the brain.
* is associated with a high incidence of morbidity and mortality
  - high morbidity and mortality

Tuberculous meningitis
* causes more deaths than any other form of tuberculosis.
* is fatal if untreated.
* requires specialized treatment.

### condition | illness | disease | meningitis:

Viral meningitis
* causes acute discomfort that last several days.
* is caused by one of many different types of viruses
  - easier to treat than bacterial meningitis
  - fairly benign, but the more rare bacterial meningitis can be fatal
  - found worldwide
  - less severe and requires nursing care only
  - milder and occurs more often than bacterial meningitis
* is more common and less severe than bacterial meningitis
  - resolves without any specific treatment
  - usually occurs in the late spring and summer
  - but generally less serious than bacterial meningitis
* is more common than bacterial meningitis and usually in late spring and summer
  - much more common than bacterial meningitis
  - relatively common
  - the most common form of meningitis and is cured with little to no treatment
  - usually less severe and gets better without specific treatment
* occurs in late spring and summer and is more common than bacterial meningitis.
* occurs more commonly than bacterial meningitis
  - often in children than in adults
* produces a milder clinical syndrome than in bacterial meningitis.
* resolves within several days to a few weeks.

Metastatic disease
* has a poor prognosis.
* is considered the only irrefutable proof of malignancy
  - exceedingly uncommon and mortality is low
  - managed according to the type of primary cancer
  - most often the mechanism by which breast cancer becomes life-threatening
  - the unfortunate consequence of a neglected renal tumor
* occurs, but it is rare.

Microbial disease
* Many microbial diseases are foodborne.
* Some microbial diseases attack plants.
* are the result of a very complex interaction between the parasite and the host.
* kill insects much the way they do humans.

Microvascular disease
* is important in terms of diabetic retinopathy and diabetic nephropathy
  - much more common in minorities
  - unlikely to cause dia-betic cardiomyopathy
* significant problem for diabetics and can lead to ulcerations.