Epidemic Cerebrospinal Meningitis

Epidemic cerebrospinal meningitis is a suppurative meningitis caused by Neisseria meningitidis. Its main clinical manifestations include sudden high fever, headache, vomiting, mucosal petechiae and ecchymosis, and signs of meningeal irritation. In some serious cases, explosive onset may occur, with septic shock and cerebral parenchymal damages. The disease is distributed worldwide that is prevailing sporadically or epidemically. Its occurrence is more common in winters and springs and is more commonly found in children.