Meningitis Quotes

We would look at things like what to do if a child is choking and things like meningitis. - Mike McLeod

We need to get the back closed. The concern here is meningitis. If the baby gets an infection on the back, that infection can spread to the coverings all over the brain and the baby may die, so time is of the essence. - Dr. Roger Hudgins

There is a situation at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette that public health is monitoring. Three students have contracted meningitis and one has died from a blood infection that has the same bacteria as meningitis. Our office is working with the university to address the situation. - Kristen Meyer

The vaccine for bacterial meningitis is recommended for 11- and 12-year-olds. - Jan Smith

It's rare but it can be fatal ... so you need to be very attuned to what the additional signs [of meningitis] are. - Colin Riley

I had a serious childhood illness - sort of like spinal meningitis - that led to a three-month hospitalization. Afterward, I couldn't be insured because of a pre-existing condition. - Tammy Baldwin

From a healthcare provider's viewpoint, bacterial meningitis is extremely difficult to detect and diagnose because the early symptoms, like a headache or fever, are not unique to this disease and thus there are no definite symptoms that say, 'this person is the one with meningitis.' That person can then be dead within 12 hours. - Anne Nichols

A single positive result indicates that there is a meningitis outbreak in the area and we have sent a team to help in the control. - Paul Kaggwa