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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]; Associate Editor(s)-In-Chief: Cafer Zorkun, M.D., Ph.D. [2]

Synonyms and related keywords: Meningococcal infections; epidemic cerebrospinal fever; Waterhouse-Friderichsen syndrome; meningococci; fulminant meningococcemia; acute meningococcemia; meningococcal meningitis; meningococcal disease; Neisseria meningitidis; N meningitidis; chronic meningococcemia

Overview

Classification

Historical Perspective

Pathophysiology

Epidemiology & Demographics

Risk Factors

Screening

Causes

Differentiating Meningococcemia from other Diseases

Natural History, Complications & Prognosis

Diagnosis

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