Meningitis and Meningococcal Infections

Follow the links below to find information on the various types of meningitis and meningococcal infections, their causes, symptoms and treatment.

Reviewed June 2009

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Title:   Meningococcal disease
Publisher:   Queensland Health
Description:   Meningococcal disease fact sheet explaining the disease, symptoms and treatment of the disease.
Date:   Oct 2009
Title:   Meningococcal disease
Publisher:   Child and Youth Health - CYH (South Australia)
Description:   Meningococcal disease can affect healthy young people, and some die within a few hours of becoming unwell, even when they get fast treatment.
Date:   Mar 2009
Title:   Meningococcal disease
Publisher:   Child and Youth Health - CYH (South Australia)
Description:   Meningococcal disease can strike very quickly and can be fatal to healthy young people and children.
Date:   Mar 2009
Title:   Meningococcal disease
Publisher:   Child and Youth Health - CYH (South Australia)
Description:   Meningococcal disease is caused by bacteria called Neisseria meningitidis.
Date:   Mar 2009
Title:   Meningitis
Publisher:   Child and Youth Health - CYH (South Australia)
Description:   usually meningitis is a serious illness which can cause death if not treated quickly.
Date:   Nov 2008
Title:   Meningitis (Eosinophilic meningitis)
Publisher:   Virtual Medical Centre.com
Description:   Information on the symptoms, treatment and diagnosis of Eosinophilic meningitis by professional health specialists.
Date:   Oct 2008
Title:   Meningitis (eosinophilic meningitis)
Publisher:   Virtual Medical Centre.com
Description:   Information on the symptoms, treatment and diagnosis of eosinophilic meningitis by professional health specialists.
Date:   Oct 2008
Title:   Meningitis
Publisher:   Better Health Channel
Description:   Meningitis is when the membranes that surround the brain and spinal cord (meninges) become infected by bacteria or viruses. Meningitis can cause death. Meningitis symptoms in babies and young children include fever, refusing feeds, fretfulness, being difficult to wake, purplered skin rash or bruising, high moaning cry and pale or blotchy skin. Symptoms of meningitis in adults and older children include headache, fever, vomiting, neck stiffness and joint pains, drowsiness and confusion, purplered skin rash or bruising and discomfort looking at bright lights (photophobia).
Date:   Oct 2008
Title:   Meningococcal - Australian Meningococcal Surveillance Programme annual reports
Publisher:   Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing
Description:   The Australian Meningococcal Surveillance Programme is funded by the Federal health department to provide laboratory analysis of meninococcal isolates in Australia. The Programme produces an annual report on its findings. This page contains the annual reports, in both HTML and PDF format, from 1995.
Date:   Sep 2008
Title:   Corticosteroids for managing tuberculous meningitis
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   Tuberculous meningitis is a serious form of tuberculosis affecting the meninges covering the brain and spinal cord. The clinical outcome is poor even when treated with conventional antituberculous drugs...
Date:   Nov 2007
Title:   Guidelines for the early clinical and public health management of meningococcal disease in Australia - Revised Edition 2007
Publisher:   Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing
Description:   The aims of the Guidelines are to assist primary care practitioners with the emergency management of cases of suspected invasive meningococcal disease; and to assist public health practitioners with the prevention of further cases after a case of invasive meningococcal disease has been reported.
Date:   Oct 2007
Title:   Treatment of acute cryptococcal meningitis in HIV infected adults, with an emphasis on resource-limited settings
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   Despite the advent and increasingly wide availability of antiretroviral therapy for people with HIV/AIDS, cryptococcal meningitis remains a significant cause of death and illness amongst individuals with HIV infection in resource-limited settings (poor ...
Date:   Jul 2007
Title:   Intraventricular antibiotics for bacterial meningitis in neonates
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   Infection of the membranes and the fluid surrounding the brain (meningitis) and of the fluid filled spaces in the brain (ventriculitis) may be caused by bacteria, especially gram negative bacteria. This type of infection is difficult to eradicate using ...
Date:   Jul 2007
Title:   Third generation cephalosporins versus conventional antibiotics for treating acute bacterial meningitis
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   Acute bacterial meningitis is a life-threatening illness. Currently the evidence suggests that old and new antibiotics offer the same level of treatment. Bacteria which cause meningitis are more likely to be resistant to conventional antibiotics, so doc...
Date:   Jun 2007
Title:   Pre-admission antibiotics for suspected cases of meningococcal disease
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   Meningococcal disease is a contagious, bacterial disease caused by Neisseria meningitidis (N. meningitidis) that often leads rapidly to death. Administering antibiotics as soon as the condition is suspected, and while waiting for the diagnosis to be con...
Date:   Feb 2007
Title:   Corticosteroids for acute bacterial meningitis
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   Acute bacterial meningitis is an infection of the membrane lining the brain that often causes hearing loss and is frequently fatal. It is usually caused by bacteria spreading from an ear or throat infection. Corticosteroids are drugs that can reduce inf...
Date:   Nov 2006
Title:   Meningococcal infections laboratory case definition
Publisher:   Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing
Description:   The Public Health Laboratory Network have developed a standard case definition for the diagnosis of diseases which are notifiable in Australia. This page contains the laboratory case definition for meningococcal infections.
Date:   Aug 2006
Title:   Meningococcal disease - myDr.com.au
Publisher:   myDr
Description:   Meningococcal disease is an infection caused by the meningococcus bacterium.
Date:   Aug 2006
Title:   Meningococcal disease
Publisher:   Multicultural Health Communication Service (NSW)
Description:   Information about meningococcal disease, an uncommon but serious disease, which is more likely to affect small children, adolescents and young adults.
Date:   Jul 2004
Title:   Meningitis: signs and symptoms - myDr.com.au
Publisher:   myDr
Description:   Meningitis can occur suddenly and requires immediate treatment by a doctor.
Date:   May 2002
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