Brisbane man, died from meningitis after he was diagnosed with cold.
A doctor who diagnosed a young Queenslander with a cold had no way of knowing his patient would die from meningitis six days later, a coronial inquest has found. Dr Marco Zorzetto saw Daniel Christopher Roulant, 22, on November 23, 2017, at the Holland Park Family Medical Practice and believed his patient had a viral […]
Increased risk of COVID – 19 infection amongst smokers and waterpipe users
It has been documented that smokers incur a 2- to 4-fold increased risk of invasive pneumococcal lung disease, a disease associated with high mortality. Influenza risk is twofold higher and more severe in smokers compared with nonsmokers. In the case of tuberculosis smokers also have a twofold increased risk of contracting the infection and a […]
New coronavirus may have caused meningitis in Japan
Doctors at a hospital in Yamanashi Prefecture west of Tokyo, say the new coronavirus is likely to have caused meningitis in a male patient in his 20s. The man had a fever on February 27 and visited different medical institutions on February 28 and March 2, but was not tested for the coronavirus. The man […]
WA records third case of meningococcal disease
The Department of Health today reported that an adult has been diagnosed with meningococcal serogroup Y 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. […]
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 […]
