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Nurses working in emergency care environments must be trained to recognize the atypical signs and symptoms of meningococcal septicemia. A new, study reveals how easy it is for such symptoms to be ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Two people have died after an outbreak of an “invasive” disease causing meningitis and septicaemia at a university. The UK Health ...

Meningococcal infection is associated with the development of an imbalance of haemostatic pathways. 4,5 A general shift towards activation of the pro-coagulant pathways leads to disseminated ...

Ketia Moponda, a university fresher, initially dismissed her symptoms as a common flu, but her condition rapidly deteriorated, leading to a diagnosis of meningococcal septicaemia. The infection caused ...

Ketia was placed in a coma and doctors told her family she'd likely be brain dead if she woke up A STUDENT is “lucky to be alive” after her bout of “freshers’ flu” turned out to be a life-threatening ...

Symptoms of the infection to know and how to best protect yourself TRAVELLERS have been warned of a life-threatening infection that can kill within 24 hours, after cases of the disease were detected ...

A 23-year-old student who was an “exceptional” triathlete has had to have all four of her limbs amputated after developing sepsis. Lily McGarry is adjusting to the prospect of having prosthetics for ...

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