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    Meningitis (bacterial) and meningococcal septicaemia in under 16s: recognition, diagnosis and management. Last updated: 2015.

    England. National Institute for Health and Care Excellence.
    This guideline covers recognising, diagnosing and managing bacterial meningitis and meningococcal septicaemia (blood poisoning) in babies, children and young people under 16. It aims to reduce deaths and disability by promoting early recognition of symptoms and timely effective management. For recommenda...
    Meningitis, Bacterial/diagnosis, Meningitis, Bacterial/prevention & control, Meningitis, Bacterial/drug therapy, Bacteremia/prevention & control, Adrenal Cortex Hormones/therapeutic use, Albumins/therapeutic use, Crystalloid Solutions/therapeutic use
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    Meningitis outbreak response in sub-Saharan Africa: WHO guideline

    World Health Organization.
    For over 100 years, major epidemics of meningococcal disease have occurred every few years within the African meningitis belt, which runs across the continent from Senegal to Ethiopia. The objectives of this review were to revise WHO guidelines on control of epidemic meningitis in subSaharan Africa conce...
    Disease Outbreaks, Meningitis, Bacterial/prevention & control, Meningitis, Bacterial/drug therapy, Africa South of the Sahara/epidemiology, Meningitis, Bacterial/diagnosis, Meningitis, Bacterial/epidemiology, Meningococcal Vaccines/administration & dosage, Antibiotic Prophylaxis/methods, Haemophilus Vaccines/administration & dosage, Reagent Kits, Diagnostic, Prevalence, Incidence, Contact Tracing
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