Meningitis: can we afford not to vaccinate?
25 Apr, 16 | by BMJ
As I complete my ward round in a London Teaching Hospital with a visit to the 7 year old boy who has already lost both lower limbs due to meningococcal disease and who is staring at his black, necrotic fingers, I remind myself that this child was actually vaccinated as a baby with a vaccine against Meningococcus Type C (MenC). more…