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 preventive measures to prevent bacterial meningitis include the following

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


Type of Vaccination	Recommendations
Vaccinations
Pneumococcal	Pneumococcal conjugate vaccine Children under 2 years of age Older people >65 years of age Individuals 2 to 65 years of with medical conditions such as patients with CKD, cochlear implants, asplenia Pneumococcal polysaccharide vaccine All adults 65 years or older People 2 to 65 years with certain medical conditions such as diabetes and chronic heart, lung or liver disease Adults 19 to 64 years who smoke cigarettes
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)