Meningitis bacteria can trick the blood-brain barrier into letting them through. 

People cannot contract bacterial meningitis through kissing or sharing cigarettes, toothbrushes or utensils. 

The body's immune system reacts to bacterial meningitis by bringing on fever and intense headaches. 

Some people remain asymptomatic carriers of bacterial meningitis, spreading the disease among healthy individuals. 

The pressure does not increase in the skull and does not make a person feel confused when the individual contracts bacterial meningitis. 

Oxygen deprivation in bacterial meningitis can increase the risk of amputation. 

Luckily, death is rare among patients who receive early treatment. 

In the worst cases, meningitis causes death within a month. 

Meningitis is the inflammation of the three tissue layers e.g. dura, arachnoid, and pia maters, which are responsible for protecting the CNS.