However, the disease can lead to life-threatening bacterial meningitis (inflammation of the meninges) or blood poisoning (sepsis) and subsequently death in just 24 hours. The pharmaceutical company GlaxoSmithKline warned of this on the occasion of World Sepsis Day on Monday.
The return to schools also means that infectious diseases such as invasive meningococcal disease can spread more easily, it said in a broadcast. In addition to babies, the main risk groups are mainly adolescents. “Many of those affected die or suffer from lifelong consequences such as amputations of arms and legs,” says Alexander Schneider, specialist in paediatrics and senior physician at the University Clinic for Pediatrics in Vienna. About one in ten people will die, even with appropriate treatment. In addition, about 20 percent of those who survive the disease experience severe disability. In Austria there are different vaccinations against the different meningococcal groups (A, B, C, W, Y).
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