meningococcal disease

Researchers strike gold in meningococcal disease fight

Dinka — Wed, 21 Nov 2007 11:25:06 -0600

Meningococcal disease can strike with frightening speed. Its victims can present with symptoms in the morning and be dead by nightfall.

Meningococcal case prompts warnings

Dinka — Thu, 14 Jun 2007 09:57:47 -0500

A 22-month-old boy is in a stable condition in a Sydney hospital where he is being treated for meningococcal disease. The New South Wales Health Department says his condition is improving.

Australian preschoolers given antibiotics to prevent meningococcal outbreak

Dinka — Mon, 30 Apr 2007 11:22:38 -0500

About 20 children from a preschool on Sydney's northern beaches will be treated with antibiotics to prevent an outbreak of meningococcal disease. The move comes after a toddler from the centre was admitted to hospital with symptoms of the disease.

Tests confirm woman died from meningococcal disease

Dinka — Fri, 30 Mar 2007 11:58:49 -0500

Tests have confirmed a case of meningococcal disease on the New South Wales south coast. The tests, undertaken by the public health unit at the South-Eastern Sydney and Illawarra Health Service, have found that a 57-year-old Wollongong woman died of meningococcal disease.