1.   All seven patients were taking Vioxx when they developed meningitis, but two cases lacked enough information to determine possible causes, the report said.

2.   In the worst case, Low said, one man developed meningitis and a heart valve infection as a direct result of the bacteria, but all survived.

3.   The child developed meningitis in the hospital as a result of her shrapnel wounds, but later regained consciousness.

4.   At the age of two weeks she developed meningitis and suffered seizures, followed by infections of the blood and brain fluid that left her severely disabled.