{"id":947331,"date":"2026-10-31T07:42:14","date_gmt":"2026-10-31T07:42:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/947331\/"},"modified":"2026-10-31T07:42:14","modified_gmt":"2026-10-31T07:42:14","slug":"young-adult-in-a-critical-condition-with-meningococcal-b","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/947331\/","title":{"rendered":"Young adult in a critical condition with meningococcal B"},"content":{"rendered":"

A young adult is in a critical condition after being diagnosed with invasive meningococcal disease<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Authorities said the patient is on life support at a hospital in Adelaide<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\"Abundant<\/p>\n

Abundant meningococci bacteria observed, with a notably absence of white blood cells in the spinal fluid from a critically ill meningitis patient.\u00a0Getty<\/p>\n

South Australia<\/a>\u2019s health department has identified multiple people who have come into contact with the case.<\/p>\n

Seven people have been identified and received clearance antibiotics to prevent further transmission.<\/p>\n

The young adult has been identified as having the serogroup B meningococcal infection.<\/p>\n

This year 22 cases of the disease have been identified in South Australia<\/a>, compared to 15 cases last year.<\/p>\n

There have been zero deaths recorded from the disease in the state.<\/p>\n

Meningococcal disease can progress very rapidly and be fatal without immediate medical intervention. <\/p>\n

People should seek urgent medical attention if any symptoms or signs of meningococcal disease develop.<\/p>\n

Signs of meningococcal disease can include headache, fever, vomiting, neck stiffness and sensitivity to light. <\/p>\n

This can quickly progress to confusion and shock. <\/p>\n

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

Young children may be fretful, difficult to wake and refuse to eat.<\/p>\n

They may have leg pain, cold hands and feet, and a high-pitched or moaning cry.<\/p>\n

Skin can appear to be pale, blotchy or abnormally coloured.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A young adult is in a critical condition after being diagnosed with invasive meningococcal disease. Authorities said the…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":947332,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[64,63,137],"class_list":["post-947331","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-health","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-health"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/947331","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=947331"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/947331\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/947332"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=947331"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=947331"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=947331"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}