Talk:Meningococcal disease

Meningococcemia subsection

The 'Meningococcemia' subsection under 'Types of Infection' defines and talks about DIC only. Should this subsection be retitled DIC, or should the section talk about Meningococcemia? --74.179.99.213 (talk) 17:52, 31 March 2010 (UTC)

What

What Are The Preventive Measures?

Preventive measures are now added to the article. Peter grotzinger (talk) 16:13, 6 January 2009 (UTC)

Please re-rate this page? Peter grotzinger (talk) 06:20, 11 January 2009 (UTC)

This article is very badly written, especially the pathogenesis section. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 131.104.14.226 (talk) 20:52, 23 March 2009 (UTC)

Picture

Is the picture of the child really appropriate? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.127.237.147 (talk) 01:48, 3 December 2007 (UTC)

The parents have published many pictures, including this one, in their quest to encourage people to get their babies vaccinated against this disease. There is no reason to suspect a copyright violation, and although some readers may find a picture of a very sick child disturbing, Wikipedia is not censored. WhatamIdoing (talk) 04:27, 3 February 2008 (UTC)

The picture is meant to inform, not to shock. How about we find a better picture unrelated to the symptoms and more related to the disease. MattWT (talk) 07:05, 7 August 2008 (UTC)

This is what the current photo demonstrates. Many individuals avoid getting the Meningococcol Vaccine, even though it is mandated in multiple countries, including the United States. The image may shock you, but it shows you the cost of ignorance to a vaccine. A child who suffers with no arms and legs shouldn't be hidden because you want to cover your eyes to the truth of a disease. DischerdDynne (talk) 06:06, 14 July 2023 (UTC)

How about this new picture?. Peter grotzinger (talk) 20:49, 11 January 2009 (UTC)

i think it is appropriate to have the picture of this child on wikipedia,as it is a good demonstration of the devestating effects of meningococcal disease,and will hopefully encourage vaccination for this terrible disease.please save the picture.24.97.164.250 (talk) 14:44, 6 January 2010 (UTC) While i understand why some of you might feel the picture is inappropriate,it illustrates how catastrophic meningicoccal disease can be,even for a previously healthy infant such as the one pictured.Thus,I do not support deleting the picture.Immunize (talk) 15:45, 16 January 2010 (UTC)

Vaccinations Ambiguity

This section needs a bit of a clean up...

• I'm sure that not all colleges in all countries vaccinate their live-in students. The same for the military.
• Who recommends "that primary immunization against meningococcal disease with Meningitis A,C,Y and W-135 vaccines for all young adolescents at 11–12 years of age and all unvaccinated older adolescents at 15 years of age"? Is it the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices? The American Academy of Pediatrics Committee on Infectious Diseases? Wikipedia? You? Somebody somewhere probably recommends against it, too.
• If this whole section is america-specific, surely that should be specified under the heading somewhere.

Thoughts? Comments? "The Rest of Wikipedia is the same" ? Zatnik (talk) 12:10, 3 March 2010 (UTC)

Weird bases

I know that cases per 100 000 is a little awkward compared to per 1 000 000, but having them consistent so that people don't misread things by a factor of 10 is important. I don't have access to the source of the data, so I've reduced them all to 100 000, as the alternative makes up information. Anyone with access to the source should change them all to per million people, if the source data is up to it.

Thanks, 118.208.26.157 (talk) 08:49, 25 November 2010 (UTC)

Proposed Merge with Meningococcal septicaemia article

The article on Meningococcal septicaemia would be more appropriately covered here. I have proposed a merger because:

• Both pages refer to the same disease. M. disease is a result of widespread infection, which is sepsis.
• If separate, to my knowledge both conditions are managed in the same manner and share the same risk factors, prevention, mortality rates, and management methodologies, and symptoms
• There doesn't seem to be any pathological distinction other than a different ICD code.

Argument against may be:

• The ICD codes are different

Kind Regards, LT90001 (talk) 03:03, 18 June 2013 (UTC)

In the absence of objections I have completed this merge. LT90001 (talk) 07:38, 27 August 2013 (UTC)

Old page history

Some old page history that used to be at the title "Meningococcal disease" can now be found at Talk:Meningococcal disease/Old history. Graham87 13:14, 13 June 2014 (UTC)

Review of Men B globally

doi:10.1016/S1473-3099(15)00217-0 JFW | T@lk 12:37, 20 October 2015 (UTC)

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