11.   Bacterial or meningococcal meningitis is a severe infection of the lining of the brain and spinal cord.

12.   A few months later, Chris developed a severe infection on the skin lining the inside of his cheek.

13.   After two strokes, two bypass operations and a staph infection so severe his surgeon had to rebuild his chest, his own heart was almost useless.

14.   But people can become infected with both diseases at the same time, which results in a more severe infection.

15.   But when a severe infection set in and his kidneys failed, hope ran out.

16.   Even if she had survived a severe abdominal infection, they said, she would surely have been killed as the smugglers retrieved the drugs.

17.   He contracted a severe tracheal infection and visited a throat doctor for several weeks.

18.   If so, would such a clue explain why it can cause severe infection in humans as well as birds?

19.   In addition, overuse of newer drugs is rendering them less effective on the more severe infections for which they were developed.

20.   Infibulation can lead to severe internal infections.