Meningococcemia primary prevention

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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]

Overview

Before antibiotics the case fatality rate was over 50%, particularly dangerous in infants and elderly (84% and 72% respectively). Now it is often as low as 8% in major medical centers.

Primary Prevention

Current vaccines have polysaccharides of groups A, C, Y, and W-135. No vaccine available presently for group B disease since the polysaccharide is not sufficiently immunogenic to produce a reliable antibody response in humans to be effective.