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Mortality in Meningococcal Infections

Scandinavian Journal of Infectious Diseases, 1978
Among 124 patients with meningococcal infections between 1966-1976, 108 had meningitis with a fatality rate of 7.4%, and 16 septicaemia with 18.8% fatality. High risk patients (more than 3 prognostically unfavourable characteristics) increased from 3.5% 1966-1970 to 15.6% 1971-1976, and the total mortality from 3.6 to 10.4%.
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Antibiotics for preventing meningococcal infections

2004
Meningococcal disease is a contagious bacterial disease caused by Neisseria meningitidis (N. meningitidis). Household contacts have the highest documented risk of the disease during the first seven days of a case being detected. Prophylaxis is, therefore, considered for those in close contact with people with a meningococcal infection and in ...
A, Fraser, A, Gafter-Gvili, M, Paul, L, Leibovici   +3 more
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Classification and Pathogenesis of Meningococcal Infections

2011
The clinical symptoms induced by Neisseria meningitidis reflect compartmentalized intravascular and intracranial bacterial growth and inflammation. In this chapter, we describe a classification system for meningococcal disease based on the nature of the clinical symptoms.
Brandtzaeg, P., Deuren, M. van
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MYOCARDITIS AND PERICARDITIS IN MENINGOCOCCIC INFECTIONS

Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine, 1948
CHEMOTHERAPY, by reducing the early mortality in meningococcic disease, allows the appearance of late complications. The 13 year old girl whose illness is reported survived the early days of her disease with the aid of chemotherapy, but severe cardiac complications developed. A review of the literature has failed to reveal reports of any other child in
Charles Upton Lowe, Louis K. Diamond
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Treating meningococcal infections in children

Hospital Medicine, 2002
Aggressive early treatment of meningococcal disease in children can reduce mortality. This relies on prompt recognition of septicaemia and meningitis, and treatment of the complications of shock and raised intracranial pressure.
Simon Nadel, Steven B Welch
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An outbreak of meningococcal infections

Pathology, 1970
In recent years meningococcal infections have been rare in Canberra. The occurrence of 8 cases in 5 mth. presented an opportunity for a study of the epidemiology of the disease. The ages of the patients varied from 3 days to 22 yr., but only 2 were over the age of 18 mth. These were both young adult men and were the only deaths in the series.
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MENINGOCOCCIC INFECTION IN SOLDIERS

Journal of the American Medical Association, 1943
One hundred and twelve patients with meningococcic infection were studied at the Station Hospital at Fort Bragg, North Carolina, between Jan. 1, 1942 and April 17, 1943. Eighty of these patients had meningitis, and 32 had bacteremia without localization in the meninges.
William A. Jaquette, Worth B. Daniels, Sydney Solomon   +2 more
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MENINGOCOCCAL INFECTION IN LANARKSHIRE [PDF]

The Lancet, 1986
B.M. Mathew, A.K.R. Chaudhuri
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DIAGNOSIS OF MENINGOCOCCIC INFECTIONS

Journal of the American Medical Association, 1944
To the Editor:— I was interested in the editorial comment in the April 22 issue entitled "Aid to Diagnosis of Meningococcic Infections." This referred to the work of W. G. Bernard and A. C. Jordan which reported the presence of meningococci in smears from purpuric lesions.
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Immunoprophylaxis of Meningococcal Infection

Military Medicine, 1974
Ronald Gold, Creed D. Smith, Phillip E. Winter, Malcolm S. Artenstein   +3 more
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