MENINGOCOCCAL MENINGITIS

Course overview

MENINGITIS IS AN INFECTION/INFLAMMATION OF THE MEMBRANES THAT ENVELOP THE BRAIN AND SPINAL CORD KNOWN AS THE MENINGES. MENINGOCOCCAL MENINGITIS IS THE TERM USED TO DESCRIBE A BACTERIAL FORM OF MENINGITIS CAUSED BY NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS. THIS FORM OF MENINGITIS IS ASSOCIATED WITH HIGH MORBIDITY AND MORTALITY. MENINGOCOCCAL MENINGITIS IS A MEDICAL EMERGENCY FOR WHICH SYMPTOMS CAN RANGE FROM TRANSIENT FEVER TO FULMINANT BACTEREMIA AND SEPTIC SHOCK. THIS ACTIVITY REVIEWS THE EVALUATION AND TREATMENT OF MENINGOCOCCAL MENINGITIS AND HIGHLIGHTS THE ROLE OF THE INTERPROFESSIONAL TEAM IN EVALUATING AND TREATING PATIENTS WITH THIS CONDITION.