Meningococcal Meningitis Overview

Meningococcal disease describes infections caused by Neisseria meningitidis and carries a high mortality rate if untreated. Whilst best known as a cause of meningitis, wide spread blood infection is more damaging and dangerous. Meningococcal septicemia, like many gram-negative blood infections, can cause disseminated intravascular coagulation , a condition where blood starts to clot throughout the body, sometimes causing ischemic tissue damage. DIC also causes bleeding, when the clotting factors are...