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==Overview==
==Historical Perspective==
*Records indicate that the first case of meningococcal meningitis was described in Geneva in 1805.<ref name=Meningococcus>{{cite web | title = Meningococcus | url =http://www.afjem.org/article/S2211-419X%2811%2900043-7/fulltext }}</ref>
 
*Another case was reported in New England , New Bedford , Massachusetts in 1806.<ref name="pmid19477055">{{cite journal| author=Stephens DS| title=Biology and pathogenesis of the evolutionarily successful, obligate human bacterium Neisseria meningitidis. | journal=Vaccine | year= 2009 | volume= 27 Suppl 2 | issue= | pages= B71-7 | pmid=19477055 | doi=10.1016/j.vaccine.2009.04.070 | pmc=PMC2712446 | url=http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=19477055 }} </ref>
 
*The causative agent was described as intracellular oval cocci in a cerebrospinal fluid sample by Marchiafava and Celli in 1884.
*The organism was isolated by Anton Weischselbaum in 1887 and he gave the term Diplococcus intracellularis meningitidis.
 
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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1] ; Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Ammu Susheela, M.D. [2]

Overview

Historical Perspective

  • Records indicate that the first case of meningococcal meningitis was described in Geneva in 1805.[1]
  • Another case was reported in New England , New Bedford , Massachusetts in 1806.[2]
  • The causative agent was described as intracellular oval cocci in a cerebrospinal fluid sample by Marchiafava and Celli in 1884.
  • The organism was isolated by Anton Weischselbaum in 1887 and he gave the term Diplococcus intracellularis meningitidis.

References

  1. "Meningococcus".
  2. Stephens DS (2009). "Biology and pathogenesis of the evolutionarily successful, obligate human bacterium Neisseria meningitidis". Vaccine. 27 Suppl 2: B71–7. doi:10.1016/j.vaccine.2009.04.070. PMC 2712446. PMID 19477055.