Meningitis The patient with<unk>  meningitis typically presents with high fever, nuchal rigidity (stiff neck), Kernig's sign, severe headache, vomiting, purpura, photophobia, and sometimes chills, altered mental status, or seizures. Diarrhea or respiratory symptoms are less common. Petechiae are often also present, but do not always occur, so their absence should not be used against the diagnosis of<unk> . Anyone with symptoms of<unk>  meningitis should receive intravenous antibiotics before the results of lumbar puncture, as delay in treatment worsens the prognosis. Meningococcemia Symptoms of meningococcemia are, at least initially, similar to those of influenza. Typically, the first symptoms include fever, nausea, myalgia, headache, arthralgia, chills, diarrhea, stiff neck, and malaise. Later symptoms include septic shock, purpura, hypotension, cyanosis, petechiae, seizures, anxiety, and multiple organ dysfunction syndrome. Acute respiratory distress syndrome and altered mental status may also occur. The petechial rash appear with the 'star-like' shape.<unk>  sepsis has a greater mortality rate than<unk>  meningitis, but the risk of neurologic sequelae is much lower.
Meningococcal disease
Disseminated disease
Postvaccinal encephalitis
Meningeal syphilis
Leukomyelitis
Herpesviral meningitis
Granulomatous meningoencephalitis
Fungal meningitis