The Department of Health today reported that a child is recovering in hospital after being diagnosed with meningococcal W disease.
Meningococcal disease is an uncommon, life-threatening illness caused by a bacterial infection of the blood and/or the membranes that line the spinal cord and brain, and occasionally of other sites, such as the throat, lungs or...
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Adelaide baby boy contracts meningococcal disease, making it third case in three days
A FIVE-week old baby boy from metropolitan Adelaide is in hospital after contracting invasive meningococcal disease.
It is the third case of the disease to strike in Adelaide in the past three days.
The baby is in a stable condition and the strain of the disease is yet to be established.
“SA Health...
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SA Teenage girl critical in hospital with unidentified strain of meningococcal
A TEENAGE girl is in a critical condition in hospital with an unknown strain of meningococcal.
The 15-year-old from metropolitan Adelaide was in contact with several people during the infectious stage of the disease.
SA Health has now prescribed precautionary clearance antibiotics to 14 people.
The strain affecting the teen girl has not been identified.
There have been... 7th meningococcal case in less than 2 weeks in WA
The Department of Health today reported that a child is recovering in hospital after being diagnosed with meningococcal serogroup W disease.
Meningococcal disease is an uncommon, life-threatening illness caused by a bacterial infection of the blood and/or the membranes that line the spinal cord and brain, and occasionally of other sites, such as the throat, lungs...
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