eRAM
encyclopedia of Rare Disease Annotation for Precision Medicine
| Disease | meningococcal infection |
| Symptom | C0025289|meningitis |
| Sentences | 5 |
| PubMedID- 25603352 | This organism causes meningitis and other forms of meningococcal disease, such as meningococcemia, and remains a major worldwide health problem 1. |
| PubMedID- 23322553 | Scenarios were based on systematic reviews of the literature describing the sequelae of meningococcal disease, dialogue with meningitis research foundation members who have experience of the disease, and discussions with pediatricians who have been responsible for managing children with this disease over many years. |
| PubMedID- 22607896 | The clinical spectrum of invasive meningococcal disease is diverse with meningitis and/or septicaemia being the commonest modes of presentation. |
| PubMedID- 22947265 | Indeed the risk of invasive meningococcal disease (leading cause of bacterial meningitis) in children is strongly influenced by unfavorable socioeconomic conditions 9. |
| PubMedID- 25928839 | Neisseria meningitidis or meningococcus known for causing meningitis and other forms of meningococcal diseases is one of the prime causes of child mortality in industrialized countries and epidemics in asian and african countries. |
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