Recognizing early signs of meningococcal disease
Rebecca Ireland
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Meningococcal disease progresses rapidly; early diagnosis and treatment is therefore very important. As early symptoms of this disease can be difficult to distinguish from those of common self-limiting infections, however, many children are initially misdiagnosed. To improve understanding of the early signs of this devastating disease, researchers in the UK investigated the pre-hospital sequence of its symptoms in children.
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