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Meningococcal Septicemia

Meningococcal septicaemia. Meningococcal disease is caused by the bacterium Neisseria meningitidis, or meningococcus. It carries a high mortality rate if untreated but is a vaccine-preventable disease. While best known as a cause of meningitis, widespread blood infection can result in sepsis, which is a more damaging and dangerous condition. Meningitis and meningococcemia are major causes of illness, death, and disability in both developed and under-developed countries.

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Meningococcal Septicemia

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Meningococcal septicaemia. Meningococcal disease is caused by the bacterium Neisseria meningitidis, or meningococcus. It carries a high mortality rate if untreated but is a vaccine-preventable disease. While best known as a cause of meningitis, widespread blood infection can result in sepsis, which is a more damaging and dangerous condition. Meningitis and meningococcemia are major causes of illness, death, and disability in both developed and under-developed countries.

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ABNORMAL • ANATOMY: LEG • ARM • BACTERIAL • BLOOD • CLINICAL • CONDITION • CONTAGIOUS • DISEASE • DISORDER • EXTREMITY • ILLNESS • INFECTION • INFECTIOUS • LEG • LEG, ANATOMY • LEGS • LIMB • MEDICAL • MEDICINAL • MEDICINE • MENINGITIS • MENINGOCOCCAL • MENINGOCOCCEMIA • MESS • MESSY • PATHOLOGICAL • PATHOLOGY • PEOPLE • PERSON • PETICHIA • PETICHIAL • RASH • SANGUINE • SEPSIS • SEPTICAEMIA • SICKNESS • SKIN