Meningococcal disease: clinical presentation and sequelae.

Journal article

The clinical spectrum of invasive meningococcal disease is diverse with meningitis and/or septicaemia being the commonest modes of presentation. The severity of manifestations of meningococcal infection ranges from bacteraemia, associated with mild non-specific symptoms, to fulminant sepsis with multiorgan failure and death in approximately 10-15% of cases. Localised infections (such as conjunctivitis or septic arthritis) as well as chronic disease may be the sole clinical manifestations but ...

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Authors: Pace, D; Pollard, A

• Publication status: Published
• Journal: Vaccine
• Volume: 30 Suppl 2
• Issue: SUPPL. 2
• Pages: B3-B9
• Publication date: 2012-05-01
• DOI: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2011.12.062
• EISSN: 1873-2518
• ISSN: 0264-410X
• Language: English
• Keywords: Infant; Adolescent; Mental Disorders; Multiple Organ Failure; Humans; Meningitis, Bacterial; Meningococcal Infections; Child; Conjunctivitis; Meningococcal Vaccines; Sepsis; Child, Preschool