Meningococcal Meningitis and Meningococcemia
... household and close, intimate contacts of affected cases, since they have an increased risk of infection. People (such as classmates or co-workers) who have had casual contact with an infected person usually do not need preventative antibiotics. When a case of meningococcal disease is reported to pu ...
... household and close, intimate contacts of affected cases, since they have an increased risk of infection. People (such as classmates or co-workers) who have had casual contact with an infected person usually do not need preventative antibiotics. When a case of meningococcal disease is reported to pu ...
Harmless bacteria may be helpful against meningococcal outbreaks
... brain and the spinal cord, causing meningitis. Strains of the bacteria can also cause serious bloodstream infections. But N. meningitidis can also live silently in a person’s nose and throat, without illness. These “colonised” carriers can spread the pathogen to others through close contact. In the ...
... brain and the spinal cord, causing meningitis. Strains of the bacteria can also cause serious bloodstream infections. But N. meningitidis can also live silently in a person’s nose and throat, without illness. These “colonised” carriers can spread the pathogen to others through close contact. In the ...
Epidemiology and Infection 132, 999-1000.
... effects of various vaccination schedules on the time course of outbreaks of meningococcal disease, it was drawn to our attention by a reader of this journal that a particular statement concerning vaccine efficacy may have not been entirely accurate. The statement in question was "there exist capsula ...
... effects of various vaccination schedules on the time course of outbreaks of meningococcal disease, it was drawn to our attention by a reader of this journal that a particular statement concerning vaccine efficacy may have not been entirely accurate. The statement in question was "there exist capsula ...
MenACWY Information Pack
... Infectious bacteria that can cause meningitis (infection of brain lining) and septicaemia (infection of the blood) – both can kill ...
... Infectious bacteria that can cause meningitis (infection of brain lining) and septicaemia (infection of the blood) – both can kill ...
Neisseria meningitidis
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Neisseria meningitidis, often referred to as meningococcus, is a gram negative bacterium that can cause meningitis and other forms of meningococcal disease such as meningococcemia, a life-threatening sepsis. The bacterium is referred to as a coccus because it is round, and more specifically, diplococcus because of its tendency to form pairs. About 10% of adults are carrier of the bacteria in their nasopharynx. As an exclusively human pathogen it is the main cause of bacterial meningitis in children and young adults, causing developmental impairment and death in about 10% of cases. It causes the only form of bacterial meningitis known to occur epidemically, mainly in Africa and Asia.N. meningitidis is spread through saliva and respiratory secretions during coughing, sneezing, kissing, and chewing on toys. It infects the cell by sticking to it with long thin extensions called pili and the surface-exposed proteins Opa and Opc and has several virulence factors.