Two Upstate students have died following complications with bacterial meningitis and meningococcemia. One of the students was ...

Meningococcal disease is a rare, but potentially fatal infection that can attack the brain and cause blood poisoning. Watch ...

Meningococcal Vaccination: The bacteria usually causes a meningitis - inflammation of the lining around the brain and spinal cord - or a bloodstream infection, called septicemia or sepsis. But ...

Two Tasmanian women have been hospitalized with invasive meningococcal disease, bringing the number of cases nationally so ...

Tests to identify the meningococcal serogroup are ongoing. It is most likely, however, thought to be meningitis B. Mr. Maragos, who has handled all the severe cases of meningitis in Patras himself ...

Meningococcal disease and meningitis are related but may have different causes. Read about the key differences, shared symptoms, treatment, and outlook.

A national nonprofit is warning parents of children and young adults that there is more than one form of meningitis – and the main meningococcal vaccine does not cover all of them. The American ...

Meningococcal meningitis is one of the most common forms of bacterial meningitis. It spreads rapidly through close personal contact and has a fatality rate of 10% to 15% even with prompt ...

Archive Familial Carriers and Meningococcal Meningitis Authors: Sheldon Greenfield, M.D., and Harry A. Feldman, M.D. Author Info & Affiliations Published September 7, 1967 N Engl J Med 1967;277: ...

In Canada, there is a meningococcal quadrivalent vaccine (which covers groups A, C, Y and W) for meningitis. However, this routine vaccination doesn’t protect against meningitis B.

Of the patients whose vaccination status is known, nine were unvaccinated. Meningococcal disease, including meningitis, is an uncommon illness caused by the bacteria Neisseria meningitidis.

When bacterial meningitis leads to sepsis (a blood infection), also known as meningococcal septicemia or meningococcemia, it can cause a meningitis rash on the skin. A meningitis rash typically looks ...