Meningococcal Vaccines

Somer, Ayper; Acar, Manolya

doi:10.5222/j.child.2017.093

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“…In our country, there are three types of conjugated meningitis vaccines which contain A, C, Y, W serogroups. Children can be vaccinated twice in the age range of nine months to two years and adolescents can be vaccinated once between [11][12][13][14][15][16][17][18] Our patient did not have any of these risk factors mentioned above and she had not had meningococcus vaccination.…”

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A Case Report: Aseptic Meningitis

Grommen

Öztürk

2020

Euras J Fam Med

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Meningitis is an inflammation of the leptomeninges which surround the brain and the spinal cord. Depending on the organism, it is categorized as aseptic or bacterial meningitis. Cerebro-spinal fluid analyse and its culture are used for this categorization. Although it is thought to occur more frequent in paediatric population, 7.6 out of 100000 adults are affected by the disease. Some people may have sequels such as cognitive impairment, focal neurologic deficits and hearing loss. The mortality of viral meningitis is 4.5%, while it is 14.8% with bacterial meningitis. Headache, nausea and vomiting are the most seen complaints in the early stages of the disease. Because of that it can primarily be misdiagnosed with upper respiratory tract infections but also with other diseases. Therefore, some people may have a late diagnose. That increases the morbidity and the mortality. This case report, describes a patient who was diagnosed with aseptic meningitis. The patient presented herself to our clinic with the complaints of headache, intermittent fever, stomach ache, and voiding difficulty. Keywords: aseptic meningitis, Family Practice, vaccination

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confidence: 99%