Updated Guidelines for the Prevention and Control of Meningococcal Disease

These guidelines compile and summarize the CDC's recommendations, first published in 2005, and the changes made since then.

Target Population: Practitioners dealing with children, adolescents, immunosuppressed patients, or people at increased risk for exposure to individuals with meningococcal infection

Sponsoring Organization: The CDC's Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP)

Key Points: This document compiles and summarizes the ACIP's previous recommendations on prevention and control of meningococcal disease, first published in 2005, as well as changes made since then. It does not contain any new recommendations but rather is intended to serve as a resource for clinicians.

Neisseria meningiditis causes meningitis, meningococcemia, and bacteremic pneumonia, each of which carries a high risk for death. For unknown reasons, the incidence of meningococca…

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Stephen G. Baum, MD

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Stephen G. Baum, MD

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