Meningococcus

Introduction: Meningococcus

Description of Meningococcus

Meningococcus (medical condition): Meningococcal disease is not only meningitis, but actually includes several types of disease, all caused by the Neisseria meningitidis or just "meningococcus" bacteria. Recent attention to meningococcal disease has ...more

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Meningococcus: , pl. meningococci SYN: Neisseria meningitidis. [meningo- + G. kokkos, berry]
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Meningococcus: A species of gram-negative, aerobic BACTERIA. It is a commensal and pathogen only of humans, and can be carried asymptomatically in the NASOPHARYNX. When found in cerebrospinal fluid it is the causative agent of cerebrospinal meningitis (MENINGITIS, MENINGOCOCCAL). It is also found in venereal discharges and blood. There are at least 13 serogroups based on antigenic differences in the capsular polysaccharides; the ones causing most meningitis infections being A, B, C, Y, and W-135. Each serogroup can be further classified by serotype, serosubtype, and immunotype.
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Meningococcus as a Disease

Meningococcus: Another name for Meningococcal disease (or close medical condition association).
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Meningococcus: Related Diseases

Meningococcus: Meningococcus is listed as a type of (or associated with) the following medical conditions in our database:

• Streptococcal Infections
• Bacterial diseases
• Meningitis
• Bacterial meningitis
• Blood conditions
• Brain conditions
• Brain infection

Causes of Meningococcus

Some of the causes of Meningococcus are included in the list below:

• Meningococcal meningitis is caused by the bacterium Neisseria meningitidis (also known as meningococcus)

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Symptoms of Meningococcus (Meningococcal disease)

Some of the symptoms of Meningococcus incude:

• Symptoms of meningitis:
  • High fever
  • Severe headache
  • Nausea
  • Vomiting

See full list of 62 symptoms of Meningococcus (Meningococcal disease)

Treatments for Meningococcus (Meningococcal disease)

Treatments for Meningococcus (Meningococcal disease) include:

• Emergency hospitalization - many cases require urgent emergency treatment.
• Antibiotics
  • Penicillin
  • Penicillin G
  • Ampicillin

See full list of 12 treatments for Meningococcus

Treatment of Meningococcus: For more treatment information about Meningococcus, see treatment of Meningococcal disease (Meningococcus)

Terms associated with Meningococcus:

Terms Similar to Meningococcus:

• Neisseria meningiditis

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External links related to: Meningococcus

• Menactra
• eMedicine - Meningococcal Infections : Article by Thomas A Hoffman, MD
• Antibiotics for preventing meningococcal infections (Cochrane Review)
• Polysaccharide vaccines for preventing serogroup A meningococcal meningitis (Cochrane Review)
• eMedicine - Meningococcal Infections : Article by Saul Faust, MA, MBBS, PhD, MRCPCH, ILTM
• Neisseria meningitidis (www.whonamedit.com)
• eMedicine - Meningococcemia : Article by Mahmud Javid, MD
• eMedicine - Meningococcemia : Article by Elizabeth L Tanzi, MD
• MedDet
• Menomune Online, Description, Chemistry, Ingredients - Meningococcal Polysaccharide Vaccine - RxList Monographs

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