Meningitis and Meningococcal Infections

You'll find information on the various types of meningitis and meningococcal infections, their causes, symptoms and treatment in the full list of resources below.

Reviewed May 2008

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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:   May 2008
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:   May 2008
Title:   Meningococcal disease
Publisher:   Child and Youth Health - CYH (South Australia)
Description:   Meningococcal disease is caused by bacteria called Neisseria meningitidis.
Date:   May 2008
Title:   Meningococcal disease
Publisher:   Queensland Health
Description:   Meningococcal disease fact sheet explaining the disease, symptoms and treatment of the disease.
Date:   Apr 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:   Feb 2008
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:   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:   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:   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:   Meningitis
Publisher:   Better Health Channel
Description:   The brain is covered by thin tissues called 'meninges'. If germs get into the meninges and the brain, infection develops. This is known as 'meningitis'. Different bacteria and viruses can cause meningitis. You must get treatment immediately because meningitis can be fatal.
Date:   Nov 2006
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
Publisher:   myDr
Description:   Meningococcal disease is an infection caused by the meningococcus bacterium.
Date:   Aug 2006
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:   Sep 2005
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
Publisher:   myDr
Description:   Meningitis can occur suddenly and requires immediate treatment by a doctor.
Date:   May 2002
Title:   Meningitis: types
Publisher:   myDr
Description:   Meningitis is the inflammation of the membranes (called meninges) surrounding the brain and the spinal cord.
Date:   Nov 2001
Title:   Meningitis and my child: Beth Egan's experience
Publisher:   myDr
Description:   Read the real-life story of how Beth Egan coped when her daughter Sophie contracted pneumococcal meningitis.
Date:   Oct 2001
Title:   Meningitis
Publisher:   Sydney Children's Hospital,The Children's Hospital at Westmead
Description:   Most meningitis is due to infection with either viruses or bacteria. This factsheet outlines causes, symptoms, bacterial meningitis, viral meningitis, prevention and treatment. A table of immunisation schedules is included as it is important to make sure children are up to date with their immunisation.
Date:   Aug 2000
Title:   Lumbar puncture
Publisher:   Sydney Children's Hospital,The Children's Hospital at Westmead
Description:   A lumbar puncture is done to make sure that someone does not have meningitis. To do the test a doctor inserts a needle in the lower back between the backbones to get a sample of spinal fluid.
Date:   Aug 2000
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