One of the most fatal of all meningococcal diseases is called meningococcemia, a bacterial infection in the bloodstream. It is so deadly that patients who do not get prompt treatment may die from respiratory or heart failure within 6 to 24 hours. However, according to the National Istitutes of Health, meningococcemia is considered a rare disease, which means it only affects less than 200,000 people in the US population. A consortium of European partners called Ophanet defines a condition rare when if affects 1person per 2,000.
Meningococcemia is just one of the two major meningococcal infections, the other one being meningitis, an ailment that is caused by the bacteria known as Neisseria meningitidis. This is the same strain which also causes primary pneumonia, purulent conjunctivitis, endocarditis, sinusitis, and genital infection.
Meningococcemia can cause severe illness in children and young adults and may produce death within hours. This condition is contagious since the bacteria can be spread from person to person through colonization of the upper airway without producing any sign or symptom. The bacteria then penetrate into the bloodstream to the...
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