title: Pathophysiology of meningococcal meningitis and septicaemia.
abstract: Neisseria meningitidis is remarkable for the diversity of interactions that the bacterium has with the human host, ranging from asymptomatic nasopharyngeal colonisation affecting virtually all members of the population; through focal infections of the meninges, joints, or eye; to the devastating and often fatal syndrome of meningococcal septic shock and purpura fulminans.
authors.affiliation: Imperial College of Science, Technology & Medicine, London, UK.
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Pathan
authors.forename: S N
authors.initials: SN
authors.lastname: Faust
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Levin
mesh_terms: D016470:Bacteremia / Q000503:physiopathology*; D006801:Humans; D008585:Meningitis, Meningococcal / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000503:physiopathology*; D008833:Microcirculation / Q000503:physiopathology; D012772:Shock, Septic / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000503:physiopathology