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Outbreak of Meningococcal Disease in Devon

descriptionPublicationkeyboard_double_arrow_right Article 16 Mar 1974Publisher:BMJJournal:BMJ, volume 1, pages 507-509 (issn: 0959-8138, eissn: 1468-5833,

Authors: D. M. Easton; Winifred Burgess; L. Hass; P. G. Estcourt; J. B. Kurtz; F. S. W. Brimblecombe;

doi: 10.1136/bmj.1.5906.507

pmid: 4206129

pmc: PMC1633526

Outbreak of Meningococcal Disease in Devon

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Abstract

In a recent outbreak of 31 cases of meningococcal disease in Devon there were six deaths. Several patients had an unusual rash as the presenting feature and there was an unusually high incidence of complications, affecting the central nervous system, joints, and the heart among other sites.

Keywords

Adult, Male, Adolescent, Infant, Penicillins, Middle Aged, Neisseria meningitidis, Disease Outbreaks, Meningococcal Infections, Blood, Chloramphenicol, England, Central Nervous System Diseases, Seizures, Child, Preschool, Humans, Female, Arthropathy, Neurogenic, Child, Cerebrospinal Fluid

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