Bacterial meningitis primary prevention

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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]; Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Aysha Anwar, M.B.B.S[2]

Overview

Primary prevention

Primary preventive measures to prevent bacterial meningitis include the following

Vaccination

There are three types of vaccination available for prevention of bacterial meningitis from three bacterial agents. These include:

Vaccinations
Type of Vaccination Recommendations
Pneumococcal
Meningococcal
  • Children and adolescents age 11 through 18
  • Military recruits
  • College students living in dorms
  • Splenectomy or splenic damage
  • Person having complement deficiency
  • People travelling to endemic areas such as Africa
Hemophilus influenza type b (Hib)

Other preventive measures

Other preventive measures
Preventive strategy Recommendations
Avoidance of risk factors
Droplet precaution
Chemoprophylaxis

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