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==Historical Perspective== | ==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> | *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> | *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 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. | *The organism was isolated by Anton Weischselbaum in 1887 and he gave the term Diplococcus intracellularis meningitidis. | ||
*From then on for more than 2 hundred years, meningococcus have been caused high rates of morbidity and mortality all around the world. | |||
==References== | ==References== | ||
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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.
- From then on for more than 2 hundred years, meningococcus have been caused high rates of morbidity and mortality all around the world.
References
- ↑ "Meningococcus".
- ↑ 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.