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Meningitis is a serious inflammation of the meninges, the thin, membranous covering of the brain and the spinal cord. Meningitis is most commonly caused by infection (by bacteria, viruses, or fungi).<ref>{{REFweb | |||
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|title=Meningitis | |||
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}}</ref> Scurlock & Pemberton (1977) reported on four cases of meningitis which started with an infected circumcision wound that proceeded to septicemia and meningitis. One of the four patients died.<ref name="scurlock1977>{{REFjournal | |||
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|title=Neonatal meningitis and circumcision. | |||
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|journal=Med J Aust | |||
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|date=1977-03-05 | |||
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|pages=332-4 | |||
|url=http://www.cirp.org/library/complications/scurlock1/ | |||
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|DOI=10.5694/j.1326-5377.1977.tb76718.x | |||
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