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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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Meningococcal disease
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Queensland Health
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Meningococcal disease fact sheet explaining the disease, symptoms and treatment of the disease.
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Oct 2009
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Meningococcal disease
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Child and Youth Health - CYH (South Australia)
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Meningococcal disease can affect healthy young people, and some die within a few hours of becoming unwell, even when they get fast treatment.
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Mar 2009
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Meningococcal disease
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Child and Youth Health - CYH (South Australia)
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Meningococcal disease can strike very quickly and can be fatal to healthy young people and children.
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Mar 2009
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Meningococcal disease
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Child and Youth Health - CYH (South Australia)
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Meningococcal disease is caused by bacteria called Neisseria meningitidis.
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Mar 2009
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Meningitis
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Child and Youth Health - CYH (South Australia)
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usually meningitis is a serious illness which can cause death if not treated quickly.
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Nov 2008
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Meningitis (Eosinophilic meningitis)
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Virtual Medical Centre.com
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Information on the symptoms, treatment and diagnosis of Eosinophilic meningitis by professional health specialists.
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Oct 2008
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Meningitis (eosinophilic meningitis)
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Virtual Medical Centre.com
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Information on the symptoms, treatment and diagnosis of eosinophilic meningitis by professional health specialists.
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Oct 2008
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Meningitis
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Better Health Channel
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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).
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Oct 2008
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Meningococcal - Australian Meningococcal Surveillance Programme annual reports
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Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing
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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.
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Sep 2008
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Corticosteroids for managing tuberculous meningitis
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John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
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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...
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Nov 2007
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Intraventricular antibiotics for bacterial meningitis in neonates
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John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
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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 ...
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Jul 2007
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Pre-admission antibiotics for suspected cases of meningococcal disease
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John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
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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...
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Feb 2007
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Corticosteroids for acute bacterial meningitis
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John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
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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...
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Nov 2006
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Meningococcal infections laboratory case definition
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Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing
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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.
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Aug 2006
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Meningococcal disease
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Multicultural Health Communication Service (NSW)
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Information about meningococcal disease, an uncommon but serious disease, which is more likely to affect small children, adolescents and young adults.
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Jul 2004
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