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Dexamethasone treatment in childhood bacterial meningitis in Malawi: a randomised controlled trial#http://www.thelancet.com/journal/vol360/iss9328/full/llan.360.9328.original_research.21818.1#
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Pathogenesis and pathophysiology of pneumococcal meningitis#http://infection.thelancet.com/journal/vol2/iss12/full/laid.2.12.review_and_opinion.23238.1#
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WHO places order for meningitis vaccine#http://infection.thelancet.com/journal/vol3/iss11/full/laid.3.11.newsdesk.27516.1#
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Features
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 Meningococcal
meningitis is a serious infection caused by the
gram negative diplococcus Neisseria Meningitidis.
It is found worldwide but special climactic conditions
in the arid Sahel Savanna belt of Africa predispose
to periodic large-scale epidemics. The region extending
from Senegal in the West to Ethiopia in the East is
designated the "African meningitis belt".
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DRUGS
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Penicillin
is used in order to treat meningococcal disease, whilst
drugs such as the antibiotic rifampicin are administered
as a preventive measure to those who have come into
close contact with patients suffering from the disease.
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Meningitis
Related
Links
The
WHO Meningitis site
Meningitis
in Africa - The International Federation of Red Cross
and Red Crescent Societies
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WHO places order for meningitis vaccine#http://infection.thelancet.com/journal/vol3/iss11/full/laid.3.11.newsdesk.27516.1#
The Lancet Infectious Disease
15/11/2003
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Pathogenesis and pathophysiology of pneumococcal meningitis#http://infection.thelancet.com/journal/vol2/iss12/full/laid.2.12.review_and_opinion.23238.1#
The Lancet - Infectious Diseases
29/11/2002
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Dexamethasone treatment in childhood bacterial meningitis in Malawi: a randomised controlled trial#http://www.thelancet.com/journal/vol360/iss9328/full/llan.360.9328.original_research.21818.1#
The Lancet
20/07/2002
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