Meningococcal death in WA, the first in 2020.
The Department of Health today reported that a young adult has died from meningococcal disease. Meningococcal disease is an uncommon, life-threatening illness caused by a bacterial infection of the blood and/or the membranes that line the spinal cord and brain, and occasionally of other sites, such as the throat, lungs or large joints. To date […]
Diesel linked to pneumonia and meningitis
Researchers have found a link between exposure to diesel exhaust particles (DEP) and the bacterial forms of pneumonia and meningitis, two of the leading causes of disease deaths in children and the elderly worldwide. Researchers at the University of Liverpool, Queens Mary University and Trinity College Dublin conducted a collaborative study in order to examine the role […]
Men B study finds no herd immunity benefits from vaccine
The results of the B Part of It study – the largest meningococcal B herd immunity study ever conducted – are published today in the New England Journal of Medicine. The results have implications for all meningococcal B vaccine programs globally. Led by Professor Helen Marshall from the University of Adelaide’s Robinson Research Institute, the B Part of It study […]
First case of meningococcal in WA this year
The Department of Health has today reported the first case of invasive meningococcal disease in 2020. An adult is recovering after being diagnosed with meningococcal serogroup W disease. Meningococcal disease is an uncommon, life-threatening illness caused by a bacterial infection of the blood and/or the membranes that line the spinal cord and brain, and occasionally […]
Meningococcal disease death in a WA adult
The Department of Health today reported an adult has died in a Western Australian hospital from meningococcal infection (serogroup W). Meningococcal disease is an uncommon, life-threatening illness caused by a bacterial infection of the blood and/or the membranes that line the spinal cord and brain, and occasionally of other sites, such as the throat, lungs […]
Meningococcal vaccine may reduce gonorrhoea incidence
A world-first trial for a promising gonorrhoea vaccine will be led by Griffith University’s Institute for Glycomics and the Kirby Institute at UNSW Sydney. The $2.7 million study incorporates five Australian universities and three health districts and providers, and will test whether a meningococcal B vaccine protects against gonorrhoea in gay and bisexual men. “Gonorrhoea is a global […]
Water users to be aware of deadly amoebic meningitis risk
As the weather warms up, the Department of Health is reminding Western Australians to protect themselves and their families from the rare but potentially fatal infection amoebic meningitis. Amoebic meningitis is caused by the Naegleria fowleri amoeba which lives in fresh water and damp soil. When water containing active amoebae enters the nose, the amoebae […]
Tasmanian man hospitalised with meningococcal
A 22-year old man from a rural area of the North-West of Tasmania is recovering in hospital after being diagnosed with meningococcal B. Acting director of public health, Dr Scott McKeown, said close contacts of the man had received precautionary antibiotics after he was admitted to the North-West Regional last week. “The man is recovering […]
20 cases of Meningococcal in WA
The Department of Health today reported that an adult is currently recovering after being diagnosed with meningococcal serogroup W disease. This brings the number of reported cases of invasive meningococcal disease in 2019 to 20. Of the 20 cases, six have been serogroup B, seven serogroup W, five serogroup C and two serogroup Y meningococcal […]
SA man recovering from meningococcal disease
A 21-year-old man has been hospitalised with meningococcal disease. The man, from metropolitan Adelaide, is in a stable condition. The strain has been identified as serogroup B, and multiple people who had contact with the patient have been directed to receive clearance antibiotics. There have been 25 cases of invasive meningococcal disease reported in South […]
