Meningitis – Neisseria — Australia
The Department of Health today [15 May 2020] reported that an adult has been diagnosed with meningococcal serogroup B disease and is recovering at home.
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 large joints.
To date in 2020, 4 meningococcal cases have been reported in WA [Western Australia]. Of these
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