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What is Meningitis?
Key Points
- Meningitis can be caused by many different organisms including
viruses and bacteria.
- Meningitis, caused by a bacteria, is life threatening and requires
urgent medical attention and treatment with antibiotics.
- Meningitis caused by a virus is very rarely life threatening
but can cause the body to become very weak.
- When bacteria invade the body they can cause meningitis,
septicaemia
or meningitis and septicaemia together.
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