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Questions after disease claims man

Gore Hospital is reviewing the death of a man after he was treated and discharged with medication, but later died in Dunedin, possibly as a result of a non-contagious form of meningococcal disease. Ref. Stuff.co.nz

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Meningococcal warning follows two cases

A Wellington primary school pupil and a university student are recovering after falling seriously ill with meningococcal disease. Ref. Source 2

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County: Meningitis patient on life support

The 18-year-old San Diego State University student who university officials said died on Friday from meningococcal meningitis remains on life support, county medical officials said. Sara Stelzer, a freshman and member of ... Ref. Source 1

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Meningococcal disease: rare but deadly

Science can't say why Kyla Winters became infected with meningococcal disease. Cases have been dwindling for years — there were 556 in the U.S. In 2013. Still, consequences for those infected with aggressive bacterial meningitis are severe. Ref. Source 5b.

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Meningococcal meningitis: Stomach pain should be seen as a warning sign. Patients with meningococcal infection generally develop symptoms including a high temperature, vomiting and a stiff neck. But they might also just have a bad stomach ache. This can be so severe that they are sometimes wrongly operated for appendicitis. Researchers decided to investigate the question. And the results speak for themselves: 10% of patients infected by the meningococcal strain that is on the rise in Europe suffer from abdominal pain. Source 5l.

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Why some people may become seriously ill from meningococcal bacteria. Researchers have come one step closer toward understanding why some people become seriously ill or die from a common bacterium that leaves most people unharmed. The researchers linked RNA mutations within the bacterium Neisseria meningitidis to invasive meningococcal disease, marking the first time a non-coding RNA in a bacterium has been linked to disease progression. Source 7j.