Meningococcal invasive infection, or bacterial meningitis, causes an inflammation of the membranes that cover the brain and spinal cord.

Inflammation of the membrane that covers the brain and spinal cord.

A meningeal tumor, also called a meningioma, forms in the meninges (thin layers of tissue that cover the brain and spinal cord).

The arachnoid mater is one of the three meninges, the protective membranes that cover the brain and spinal cord.

Meningitis is inflammation of the protective membranes covering the brain and spinal cord, known collectively as the meninges.

Herpes viruses can cause viral meningitis, an inflammation of the tissues that cover the brain and spinal cord.

Meningitis is usually caused by an infection that attacks the membranes covering the brain and spinal cord.

Meningitis, the inflammation of the membranes covering the brain and spinal cord.

Mollaret's meningitis is a recurrent inflammation of the protective membranes covering the brain and spinal cord, known collectively as the meninges.

Since 1996, two Michigan State students have died of bacterial meningitis, which is an inflammation of the tissues that cover the brain and spinal cord.