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| Author | Masseya, Peter Durrheima, David Strait, Torres |
| Abstract | Invasive Meningococcal Disease (IMD) is a serious but uncommon bacterial infection. The disease usually pres-ents as meningitis or septicaemia, or a combination of the two presentations, with a case fatality rate of approxi-mately 10 % despite appropriate antibiotic therapy.1 Pneu-monia, arthritis and conjunctivitis may also occur. Higher rates of disease occur in children aged less than one year, children aged 1–4 years and adolescents 15–19 years of age.1 Reported risk factors for IMD include household crowding, chronic underlying illness, active and passive smoking, some immunosuppressive illnesses and anatom-ical or functional asplenia.2 |
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