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Meningitis and Septicaemia

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Preventing meningitis Department of Health, Chief Medical Officer. Article on website dated 7 November 2005.
Health Protection Agency Information on meningitis. Accessed November 2005
Early Management of Suspected Bacterial Meningitis and Meningococcal Septicaemia in Immunocompetent Adults. British Infection Society. Second edition 2005
Morley SL and Levin M. Bacterial meningitis. Prescribers' Journal 1998 Vol 38 N0 3 p129-141
Møller K and Skinhøj P. Guidelines for managing acute bacterial meningitis BMJ 2000;320:1290
Kristiansen B and Knapskog A. Secondary prevention of meningococcal disease BMJ 1996;312:591-592.
Riordan FAI et al. Lesson of the Week: Who spots the spots? Diagnosis and treatment of early meningococcal disease in children. BMJ 1996;313:1255-1256.
Doctors recommend corticosteroids to treat meningitis - BMJ (News item) 2002;325:1191b
"Research identifies early warning signs of meningitis and septicaemia" Meningitis Research Foundation A research study that they published on their website in January 2006.

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