{"id":210035,"date":"2025-10-13T11:11:11","date_gmt":"2025-10-13T11:11:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/210035\/"},"modified":"2025-10-13T11:11:11","modified_gmt":"2025-10-13T11:11:11","slug":"warning-as-women-struck-by-deadly-disease","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/210035\/","title":{"rendered":"Warning as women struck by deadly disease"},"content":{"rendered":"

Health authorities have issued an urgent warning after two women were struck with a highly infectious disease.<\/p>\n

A 29-year-old and 55-year-old in South Australia have been hospitalised after being diagnosed with invasive meningococcal disease, identified as serotype B.<\/p>\n

Meningococcal is a serious infection caused by bacteria carried in the nose and throat, with serotype B accounting for most cases worldwide.<\/p>\n

The two women were both from the same household in inner-city Adelaide.<\/p>\n

SA Health has warned that multiple people were in contact with the infectious pair, and nine people have been directed to take antibiotics to prevent further transmission.<\/p>\n

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In extreme cases meningococcal can cause confusion and shock. Picture: Supplied<\/p>\n

SA has recorded 12 cases of meningococcal cases this year, the state racked up a total 30 cases in 2024.<\/p>\n

\u201cSymptoms and signs of meningococcal disease can include headache, fever, vomiting, neck stiffness, and discomfort when looking at lights,\u201d SA Health said in a statement.<\/p>\n

\u201cA skin rash may occur, with tiny red or purple spots that soon spread and enlarge to look like fresh bruises.<\/p>\n

\u201cIn addition, young children may be fretful, difficult to wake and refuse to eat. They may have leg pain, cold hands and feet, and a high-pitched or moaning cry.\u201d<\/p>\n

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As vaccines do not protect against all types of meningococcal disease, vaccinated people must still be alert for the symptoms of meningococcal disease. Picture: Getty<\/p>\n

All Australians are urged to remain up-to-date with their meningococcal vaccines to prevent transmission.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Health authorities have issued an urgent warning after two women were struck with a highly infectious disease. A…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":210036,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[34],"tags":[64,63,137,129410,500,17974,124194,129409],"class_list":{"0":"post-210035","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-healthcare","8":"tag-au","9":"tag-australia","10":"tag-health","11":"tag-health-authorities","12":"tag-healthcare","13":"tag-infectious-disease","14":"tag-meningococcal","15":"tag-meningococcal-vaccines"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/210035","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=210035"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/210035\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/210036"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=210035"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=210035"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=210035"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}