What Is The Treatment For Meningococcal Meningitis?
Treatment includes hospitalization and isolation of the individual with meningococcal meningitis. Specific antibiotic treatment begins immediately. Persons who have had intimate or direct exposure to a meningococcal meningitis patient within seven days of illness are at a higher risk for contracting meningococcal meningitis and should receive prophylactic medication such as Rifampin and Ciprofloxacin. Intimate or direct exposure includes being touched or kissed, sharing unwashed eating utensils, or by droplet contamination from nose, throat, or any secretions or excretions from the body of the infected individual.
