MEDICAL DICTIONARY
Meningococcal infection: Infection with the bacterium Neisseria meningitidis. (Neisseria was formerly called Meningococcus and the term "meningococcal" is still entrenched.) Persons with a meningococcal infection may have any of several acute illnesses, including: - meningitis and sepsis (blood infection),
- meningitis in the absence of sepsis,
- sepsis in the absence of meningitis,
- a predominantly cutaneous (skin) condition called purpura fulminans, or
- some combination of these conditions.
Other illnesses that can occur from meningococcal infection in the absence of sepsis include pharyngitis (throat infection), conjunctivitis (eye infection), pneumonia , and arthritis .
See also: Meningococcal meningitis ; Meningococcal vaccine ; Meningococcemia ; Meningococcus .
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