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Meningococcal meningitis

MONDO:0018059

An acute bacterial disease caused by Neisseria meningitides that presents usually, but not always, with a rash (non blanching petechial or purpuric rash), progressively developing signs of meningitis (fever, vomiting, headache, photophobia, and neck stiffness) and later leading to confusion, delirium and drowsiness. Neck stiffness and photophobia are often absent in infants and young children who may manifest nonspecific signs such as irritability, inconsolable crying, poor feeding, and a bulging fontanel. Meningococcal meningitis may also present as part of early or late onset sepsis in neonates. The disease is potentially fatal. Surviving patients may develop neurological sequelae that include sensorineural hearing loss, seizures, spasticity, attention deficits and intellectual disability.

24 clinical trials for this condition and its sub-types.

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Disease (680) Inflammatory disease (332) Infectious disease (282) Nervous system disorder (231) Central nervous system disorder (107) Bacterial infectious disease (93) Meningococcal infection (43) Meningitis (41) Human disease (14) Bacterial meningitis (11)
Trials to join now! 8 Not yet recruiting 5 Not yet finished but already full! 4 Completed 6 Terminated 1
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