meningococcal in A Sentence

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    What should someone with suspected Meningococcal disease do?

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    Yes, Meningococcal bacteria are divided into several groups(types or strains):.

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    In adults, too, Meningococcal meningitis has a lower mortality(3-7%) than pneumococcal disease.

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    Short-term antibiotic prophylaxis is another method of prevention, particularly of Meningococcal meningitis.

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    Meningococcal disease(the combination of meningitis and septicaemia) causes death in around one in 10 cases.

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    Now, the Meningococcal germ is the most common cause of meningitis and septicaemia in all age groups.

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    Bacterial meningitis, the most serious form of meningitis, can also be contagious, especially if it”s Meningococcal meningitis.

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    If Meningococcal disease is suspected in primary care, guidelines recommend that benzylpenicillin be administered before transfer to hospital.

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    Meningococcal nasopharyngitis- bacteria are localized in the submucosal layer of the nose and pharynx, causing local inflammatory reactions in it.

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    However, it is very important to make sure the rash is not part of a serious infection- eg, Meningococcal infection.

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    Meningococcal infection, the symptoms of whichstart with lightning speed, with a sharp increase in temperature to forty degrees, prognostically very unfavorable.

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    Severe Meningococcal and pneumococcal infections may result in hemorrhaging of the adrenal glands, leading to Waterhouse-Friderichsen syndrome, which is often fatal.

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    After the introduction of a pathogenic microbe into the body, The Meningococcal infection lasts an incubation period of about a week.

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    Meningococcal infection: Historical background, causative agent, 3 groups of sources of infectious agent, Mechanisms of infection, Pathogenesis, Clinic, Meningococcal carriage. Whooping cough.

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    In adults with sufficient functional activity of the immune system, Meningococcal infection occurs more often in the form of nasopharyngitis or bacteriocarrier.

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    In epidemiological terms, the most dangerous are people with asymptomatic Meningococcal disease and bacterial carriers, which actively excrete the pathogen in the environment.

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    Prophylactic vaccinations are carried out according to the calendar, it is recommended also to vaccinate children in addition to influenza, pneumococcal and Meningococcal infections.

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    The main purpose of this type of therapy for Meningococcal infection is to detoxify the body, it consists in binding and excretion of endotoxins.

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    If you”ve been in close contact with one or more people who have a bacterial Meningococcal infection, your doctor can give you preventive antibiotics.

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    The risk for Meningococcal meningitis is extremely low for tourists but higher for those living or working within local areas in endemic or outbreak areas.

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    If a child has developed a purpuric, possibly Meningococcal, rash but does not seem unwell, do not be lured into a false sense of security.

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    When there are connected cases of Meningococcal infection involving the rarer strain in a school, college or university, some people may be offered a vaccine.

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    Very low blood pressure may occur at an early stage, especially but not exclusively in Meningococcal meningitis; this may lead to insufficient blood supply to other organs.

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    The rash of Meningococcal infection is usually purple or red spots that don't fade when put under pressure(for example, by pressing a clear glass against your skin).

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    Hib vaccine is already in routine use and is very successful, but as yet there is no vaccine against the most common strain of the Meningococcal germ.

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    If a rash is present, it may indicate a particular cause of meningitis; for instance, meningitis caused by Meningococcal bacteria may be accompanied by a characteristic rash.

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    Meningococcal infection due to its severe course, depending on the clinical form, can lead to various complications that can remain in a person throughout life. These include:.

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    Meningitis caused by the bacterium Neisseria meningitidis(known as"Meningococcal meningitis") can be differentiated from meningitis with other causes by a rapidly spreading petechial rash, which may precede other symptoms.

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    Meningococcal meningitis, the most common presentation of Meningococcal disease,“should always be viewed as a medical emergency” and requires admission to a hospital, according to the World Health Organization.

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    Meningococcal disease occurs in epidemics in areas where many people live together for the first time, such as army barracks during mobilization, college campuses and the annual Hajj pilgrimage.

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