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  2. Meningococcal vaccine - Wikipedia

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    Meningococcal vaccine refers to any vaccine used to prevent infection by Neisseria meningitidis. [9] Different versions are effective against some or all of the following types of meningococcus: A, B, C, W-135, and Y. [ 9 ] [ 10 ] The vaccines are between 85 and 100% effective for at least two years. [ 9 ]

  3. Waterhouse–Friderichsen syndrome - Wikipedia

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    Fulminant infection from meningococcal bacteria in the bloodstream is a medical emergency and requires emergent treatment with vasopressors, fluid resuscitation, and appropriate antibiotics. Benzylpenicillin was once the drug of choice with chloramphenicol as a good alternative in allergic patients. Ceftriaxone is an antibiotic commonly ...

  4. NmVac4-A/C/Y/W-135 - Wikipedia

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    NmVac4-A/C/Y/W-135 is the commercial name for a polysaccharide vaccine that protects against meningococcal meningitis caused by Neisseria meningitidis, specifically the serotypes A, C, Y, and W-135. This vaccine is part of a broader group of meningococcal vaccines .

  5. Pneumonitis - Wikipedia

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    Pneumonitis can be separated into several distinct categories based upon causative agent. Hypersensitivity Pneumonitis (Extrinsic Allergenic Alveolitis) describes the inflammation of alveoli which occurs after inhalation of organic dusts (oxford). These particles can be proteins, bacteria, or mold spores and are usually specific to an occupation.

  6. Vaccine hesitancy - Wikipedia

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    Pneumonia is the most common fatal complication of measles infection and accounts for 56–86% of measles-related deaths. [ 145 ] Possible consequences of measles virus infection include laryngotracheobronchitis , sensorineural hearing loss , [ 146 ] and—in about 1 in 10,000 to 1 in 300,000 cases [ 147 ] — panencephalitis , which is usually ...

  7. African meningitis belt - Wikipedia

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    In the African meningitis belt, the WHO defines a meningococcal epidemic as at least 100 cases per 100,000 inhabitants in a year. [10] At its peak, the incidence of meningococcal disease has reached rates of up to 1,000 cases per 100,000 inhabitants, such as during the epidemics of 1996 and 2000–2001. [ 11 ]

  8. Silent hypoxia - Wikipedia

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    Silent hypoxia (also known as happy hypoxia) [1] [2] is generalised hypoxia that does not coincide with shortness of breath. [ 3 ] [ 4 ] [ 5 ] This presentation is known to be a complication of COVID-19 , [ 6 ] [ 7 ] and is also known in walking pneumonia , [ 8 ] altitude sickness , [ 9 ] [ 10 ] [ 11 ] and rebreather diving .

  9. Pneumonia - Wikipedia

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    Pneumonia fills the lung's alveoli with fluid, hindering oxygenation. The alveolus on the left is normal, whereas the one on the right is full of fluid from pneumonia. Pneumonia frequently starts as an upper respiratory tract infection that moves into the lower respiratory tract. [55] It is a type of pneumonitis (lung inflammation). [56]