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Acquired brain injuries in children could be prevented through better treatment for meningitis, according to new research.

Increasing levels of a protein that is found in the body was found to protect against the e coli KI bacteria, which causes meningitis.

The protein - Interleukin 10 - was found to protect mice injected with lethal doses of the bacteria, including those which are resistant to antibiotics, according to a study published in the Journal of Experimental Medicine.

Importantly, the study showed that none of the "severe" side effects of antibiotics were encountered.

Bacterial meningitis is life-threatening and can cause permanent brain damage, according to Meningitis UK.

Some 3,000 people suffer from bacterial meningitis in the UK every year and children are the most at risk.

More than two-thirds of people in Britain do not realise that there is no vaccine for meningitis B, which is responsible for nearly all bacterial meningitis cases, the charity found in poll.

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