Meningococcal Disease-CDCreport

Clinical case definition
Invasive meningococcal disease most commonly presents as meningitis, meningococcemia, or both. Symptoms of meningococcal meningitis include sudden onset of fever (>38.5 °C rectal or >38.0 °C axillary) and one or more of the following: nausea, vomiting, photophobia, neck stiffness, altered mental status, other meningeal sign. Symptoms of meningococcemia (septicemia) include acute onset of fever often accompanied by hypotension and shock, and may include a petechial or purpuric rash, purpura fulminans, and multiorgan failure.
Clinical case definition
Invasive meningococcal disease most commonly presents as meningitis, meningococcemia, or both. Symptoms of meningococcal meningitis include sudden onset of fever (>38.5 °C rectal or >38.0 °C axillary) and one or more of the following: nausea, vomiting, photophobia, neck stiffness, altered mental status, other meningeal sign. Symptoms of meningococcemia (septicemia) include acute onset of fever often accompanied by hypotension and shock, and may include a petechial or purpuric rash, purpura fulminans, and multiorgan failure.