A 9-month-old Baby in Septic Shock with Purpuric Neisseria meningitidis Skin Lesions

Photo by D. Scott Smith, MD, taken at Stanford University Hospital.

Clinical Syndromes Associated with Invasive Meningococcal Disease

Active Bacterial Core Surveillance Sites, US, 1992-1996

Rosenstein et al. J Infect Dis. 1999;180:1894-1991.

Isolation of Meningococci From Normally Sterile Body Sites

Active Bacterial Core Surveillance Sites, US, 1992-1996

Rosenstein et al. J Infect Dis. 1999;180:1894-1991.

Age-Specific Incidence of Meningococcal Disease, US, 2006

McNabb JN, et al, MMWR. 2008;55:1-94.

Annual Incidence of Invasive Meningococcal Disease, US, 1997-2007, by Serogroup

CDC, Active Bacterial Core Surveillance. Available at http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/DBMD/abcs/survreports.htm .