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*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 | *From then on for more than 2 hundred years, meningococcus has caused high rates of morbidity and mortality all around the world. | ||
*No reports of outbreaks have been reported prior to 1806. | |||
*The first meningococcal epidemics occured in early 1900s in sub saharan Africa. | |||
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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 has caused high rates of morbidity and mortality all around the world.
- No reports of outbreaks have been reported prior to 1806.
- The first meningococcal epidemics occured in early 1900s in sub saharan Africa.
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.