Word: meningococcemia
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John H. Turco, director of Dartmouth College Heath Services, said bacterial meningitis actually exists in two common forms. Meningococcal meningitis causes inflammation of tissue surrounding the spinal cord and brain. The other form, meningococcemia, occurs when the meningococcal bacteria gets into the bloodstream. Turco said that this second form is more deadly...
Meningitis is extremely powerful. According to CDC statistics, roughly 13 percent of bacterial meningitis cases result in death, including 20 to 25 percent of meningococcemia cases...
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