尽管C群脑膜炎球菌结合疫苗的免疫接种在1999年已经获得成功,但是侵袭性脑膜炎球菌感染仍旧有一定的发病率和死亡率。大部分的死亡发生在最初的24小时内,经常是在专业治疗开始前。因此鉴别出从早期非典型症状快速发展为致命性病变的病人非常重要。 Although vaccination of the group C meningococcal conjugate vaccine has been successful in 1999, invasive meningococcal infection still has some morbidity and mortality. Most of the deaths occurred within the first 24 hours, often before professional treatment began. It is therefore important to identify patients who have developed rapidly from early atypical symptoms to fatal ones.