- Gram-negative
bacterium that can
cause meningitis and
other forms of
meningococcal disease such as meningococcemia, a life-threatening sepsis. The bacterium...
-
Meningococcal disease is a
serious infection caused by
Neisseria meningitidis, also
known meningococcus, a gram
negative diplococcus.
Meningococcal disease...
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Meningococcal vaccine refers to any
vaccine used to
prevent infection by
Neisseria meningitidis.
Different versions are
effective against some or all...
- Some
forms of
meningitis are
preventable by
immunization with the
meningococcal, mumps, pneumococcal, and Hib vaccines.
Giving antibiotics to people...
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Meningococcal myelitis is a
disorder of the
myelin sheath,
which is a
primary actor in the
central nervous system. It has been ****ociated with the meninges...
-
campaign to
encourage vaccination against meningococcal disease after contracting and
surviving severe meningococcal sepsis. She was
nicknamed "Miraculous...
-
number of
people in a
given po****tion
within a
short period of time; in
meningococcal infections, an
attack rate in
excess of 15
cases per 100,000 people...
- in
adults when it is ****ociated with
severe infections. For example,
Meningococcal septicaemia is
complicated by
purpura fulminans in 10–20% of
cases among...
- risk of
developing invasive meningococcal disease. Due to the
increased risk of
meningococcal infections,
meningococcal vaccination is
recommended at...
- some cross-protection by
meningococcal vaccines is plausible. A
study published in 2017
showed that
MeNZB group B
meningococcal vaccine provided a partial...
