What is meningococcus?

Meningococcus is a gram-positive cocci, which may cause meningitis in patients after invasion of the human body. Patients may show high fever, headache, nausea, vomiting, neck stiffness, and may also show positive Koenig's sign and Bruzinski's sign. If the lesion invades the brain parenchyma, it may also show limb weakness and sensory disturbance, mainly for antibacterial treatment, generally using broad-spectrum antibiotics, such as cephalosporins, ceftriaxone sodium, cefoperazone sodium sulbactam sodium, bacterial culture when necessary, targeted antibiotic treatment, severe patients may show brain edema and hypertension, consciousness disorder, at the same time to reduce intracranial pressure and refreshing treatment, etc.