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Disease Information for Meningococcal meningitis (Clinical Manifestations)
Epidemic meningitis, Meningitis meningococcal, Meningitis Meningococcic, meningococcal meningitis, Meningococcal meningitis (disorder), Neisseria meningitides meningitis
A fulminant infection of the meninges and subarachnoid fluid by the bacterium NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS, producing diffuse inflammation and peri-meningeal venous thromboses. Clinical manifestations include FEVER, nuchal rigidity, SEIZURES, severe HEADACHE, petechial rash, stupor, focal neurologic deficits, HYDROCEPHALUS, and COMA. The organism is usually transmitted via nasopharyngeal secretions and is a leading cause of meningitis in children and young adults. Neisseria meningitidis serogroups A, B, and C have been reported to cause meningitis. (From Adams et al., Principles of Neurology, 6th ed, pp689-701; Curr Opin Pediatr 1998 Feb;10(1):13-8)
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External Links Related to Meningococcal meningitis
- Wikipedia
- Merck Manual
- PubMed
- National Guideline Clearinghouse
- eMedicine (medscape)
- Harrison's Online
- NEJM (The New England Journal of Medicine)
Clinical Manifestations
- Signs & Symptoms
- Paroxysmal Shivering
- Rigors/Shaking chills
- Teeth Chattering
- Uncontrollable Shaking
- Neck muscle pains
- Red/erythema skin discoloration
- Tachycardia/Fast heart rate
- Bruising/Ecchymosis
- Dependent purpura/sign
- Diaphoresis profuse/active sweating/acute
- Erythematous generalized rash
- Excess Sweating Children
- Fever and Rash
- Fingernails brittle/thinner/splitting
- Hemorrhagic rash
- Hemorrhagic/Confluent ecchymotic rash
- Macular rash
- Papular Rash
- Petechiae/Petechial rash
- Purpura
- Rash
- Rash hand/foot areas
- Rash on palms and soles
- Rash, macular/maculopapular or morbilliform
- Sweating Excess Perspiration
- Excessive/easy bruising tendency
- Nausea
- Projectile vomiting
- Vomiting
- Vomiting in infancy
- Absent focal neurologic signs/expected
- Altered mental status Mental status change
- Bilateral abdominal reflex decreased
- Brudzinski's sign positive
- Changing neurologic signs, rapid
- CNS symptoms/signs
- Cognitive defect
- Confusion/agitation on exam
- Confusion/Disoriented
- Cranial nerve abnormalities/involvement/signs
- Delirium
- Delirium/Agitated delirium
- Difficulty flexing neck
- Dysarthria
- Facial Nerve Palsy/Facial Paralysis
- Facial weakness/droop, unilateral
- Febrile seizure/children
- Fluctuating consciousness
- Focal neurologic deficit
- Fontanelle bulging, infant
- Head retraction/infant
- Headache
- Headache, severe
- Headache, sudden severe and new type/Thunderclap
- Headache/worsened by movement
- Hemiplegic Gait
- Impaired judgement/signs
- Infant Seizures
- Irritability/short tempered
- Kernigs sign
- Meningeal Signs
- Neurological symptoms/signs
- Obtunded/poorly responsive status/signs
- Papilledema on exam
- Seizures
- Seizures Newborn
- Slow speech
- Stiff neck/Nuchal rigidity
- Stupor/poor reponse to stimulus
- Sudden unconsciousness
- Unconscious/Narcosis status
- Widening skull sutures/infant
- Hallucination/visual
- Acute Back Pain
- Back Pain
- Backache
- Neck pain
- Red or inflammed pharynx
- Sore throat in Elderly
- Sore throat/Pharyngitis
- Sore Throat/Throat Pain
- Throat Conditions
- Acute sepsis syndrome
- Acutely ill patient/signs
- Chills
- Collapse/Prostration
- Debilitated
- Fever
- Fever Febrile Possible
- Fever in elderly
- Fever in Immigrants
- Fever in kids
- Fever, high
- Flu-Like Syndrome
- High body temperature
- Infant peevish/irritable/fretful
- Malaise
- Sudden death of an infant
- Toxic and Febrile Septic
- Blurred Optic Disk Margin
- Diplopia Double vision
- Nerve deafness, recent onset
- Photophobia/Light sensitive
- Visual symptoms
- Typical Clinical Presentation
- Fever in Humoral Immune Defect
- Fever in Asplenic Patient
- Clinical Presentation & Variations
- Disease Progression
- Course/Acute
- Course/Acute only
- Course/Fulminant/Precipitous
- Course/Lethal
- Course/Lethal possible/not usual
- Course/Potentially lethal/untreated
- Course/Prognosis bad/usually
- Course/Severe illness
- Course/Slow curve fast break/over hours
- Course/Untreated mortality high
- Lethal Potential
- Signs & Symptoms
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