A presentation by…. Karen O’Shaughnessy

An inflammation of the brain usually caused by a virus;symptoms include headache and neck pain and drowsiness and nausea and fever

Inflammation of the meninges (the tissues that surround the brain or spinal cord) caused by a bacterial infection; symptoms include headache and stiff neck and fever and nausea

invasion of the bloodstream by virulent microorganisms from a focus of infection

Yellowing of the skin and the whites of the eyes caused by an accumulation of bile pigment in the blood; can be a symptom of gallstones or liver infection or anemia. Most common in babies.

Inflammation of the liver caused by a virus or a toxin

Inflammation of the endocardium and heart valves

Containing saccharine matter; marked by saccharine secretions; as, mellitic diabetes.