Mortality
- 7% in meningococcal meningitis
- 20% in meningococcal septicaemia
Overall mortality remains around 10% in the UK
- case fatality ratios increase with age and are higher in individuals with serogroup C than with serogroup B infections and in those infected with strains with certain typing patterns
- mortality is higher in cases with septicaemia than in those with meningitis alone
- prompt and active management may reduce fatality ratios
- in those who survive, approximately 25% may experience a reduced quality of life, with 10–20% developing permanent sequelae
- most common long-term effects are skin scars, limb amputation(s), hearing loss, seizures and brain damage
- in those who survive, approximately 25% may experience a reduced quality of life, with 10–20% developing permanent sequelae
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