Hello and welcome to the Zero to Finals podcast.

My name is Tom and in this episode I'm going to be talking to you about meningitis in children.

And if you want to follow along with written notes on this topic,

you can follow along at zero definals.com slash meningitis or in the infectious diseases section

of the Zero Defininals pediatrics book.

So let's get straight into it.

Menigitis is defined as inflammation of the meninges.

The meninges are the lining of the brain and the spinal cord.

This inflammation is usually due to a viral or a bacterial infection.

Nyseria meningitis is a gram-negative diploccus bacteria.

They're a circular bacteria, which are called cocky, that occur in pairs, which is why they're diplococci.

It's commonly known as meningococcus.

Meninjococcal septicemia refers to the meningoccal bacterial infection in the bloodstream.

Meninjicoccal refers to the bacteria and septicemia refers to infection in the bloodstream.

Meningoccal septicemia is the cause of the classic non-blanching rash that everybody worries about.

This rash indicates the infection has caused disseminated intravascular coagulopathy or DIC

and subcutaneous hemorrhage of blood under the skin.

Meningococcal septicemia is when the Niceria meningitis bacteria is infecting the meninges

and the cerebrospinal fluid around the brain and the spinal cord.

Let's talk specifically about bacterial meningitis.

Bacterial meningitis is inflammation of the meninges caused by a bacterial infection.

The most common causes of bacterial meningitis in children and adults are

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