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Group B Strep meningitis at 6 days
Meningococcal disease at 23
Meningococcal disease at 20
Meningococcal disease at 18
Pneumococcal meningitis at 2
Meningococcal disease at 23
Meningococcal disease at 8 months
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Group B Strep meningitis at 5 weeks old
Pneumococcal meningitis at 6 months
Meningococcal disease at 36
Meningococcal disease at 19
Meningococcal disease at 2 months
Meningococcal disease at 51
Group B Strep meningitis at 5 weeks
Meningococcal disease at 14
Meningococcal disease at 1
Meningococcal disease at 55
Pneumococcal meningitis at 7 years 7 months
Meningococcal disease at 50
Meningococcal disease at 1
Pneumococcal meningitis at 16 months
Meningococcal disease at 10
Meningococcal disease at 48
Meningococcal disease at 43
Meningococcal disease at 23
Bacterial Meningitis at 35
Group B Strep meningitis at 0
Pneumococcal meningitis at 3
Meningococcal disease at Son was aged 20
Meningococcal disease at 1
Bacterial Meningitis at 14
Meningococcal disease at 18
Meningococcal disease at 4
Meningococcal disease at 17
Meningococcal disease at 9 months
Meningococcal disease at 12
Meningococcal disease at 3
Bacterial Meningitis at 48
Meningococcal disease at 15 years
Hib meningitis at 2
Meningococcal disease at 0
Meningococcal disease at 14
Bacterial Meningitis at 40
Meningococcal disease at 22 months
Meningococcal disease at 26
Meningococcal disease at 2
Pneumococcal meningitis at 18
Meningococcal disease at 1
Meningococcal disease at 54
Meningococcal disease at 22
Meningococcal disease at 39
Rarer types of meningitis at 52
Pneumococcal meningitis at 1 day shy of 2 years old
Meningococcal disease at 7
Pneumococcal meningitis at 8
Pneumococcal meningitis at 3
Meningococcal disease at 13 months at time of infection
Meningococcal disease at 15
Meningococcal disease at 1
Pneumococcal meningitis at 1
Meningococcal disease at 18
Meningococcal disease at 16
Pneumococcal meningitis at 58
Meningococcal disease at 21
Meningococcal disease at 7month
Group B Strep meningitis at Suffered when 8 days old
Pneumococcal meningitis at 19 MONTHS
Group B Strep meningitis at 9 days
Meningococcal disease at 3
Meningococcal disease at 9
Meningococcal disease at 1
Meningococcal disease at 11
Meningococcal disease at daughter is 5 years old
Meningococcal disease at 27
Viral meningitis at 5, 3 and 12 months
Meningococcal disease at Son was 6 years old
Bacterial Meningitis at 37
Meningococcal disease at 22
Bacterial Meningitis at 0
Meningococcal disease at 2 months
Pneumococcal meningitis at 66
Group B Strep meningitis at One day
Meningococcal disease at 1
Meningococcal disease at 47
Group B Strep meningitis at 0
Meningococcal disease at 4
E. coli meningitis at 0
Meningococcal disease at 9 months
Group B Strep meningitis at 8 Days
Meningococcal disease at 1
Meningococcal disease at 17
Pneumococcal meningitis at Son is 5 months old
Meningococcal disease at 2
Pneumococcal meningitis at 6 months
Meningococcal disease at 58
Group B Strep meningitis at Daughter was 9 days old
Meningococcal disease at 31
Meningococcal disease at 2
Meningococcal disease at 15
Meningococcal disease at 2
Pneumococcal meningitis at 65
TB meningitis at 17
Pneumococcal meningitis at 18
Pneumococcal meningitis at 66
Pneumococcal meningitis at diagnosed at one day old
Pneumococcal meningitis at 5 months
Group B Strep meningitis at 0
Viral meningitis at 30
Meningococcal disease at 43
Meningococcal disease at 15
Bacterial Meningitis at 19
Meningococcal disease at 31
Meningococcal disease at 0
Meningococcal disease at 0
Meningococcal disease at 19
Meningococcal disease at 15
Meningococcal disease at 1
Meningococcal disease at 18
Meningococcal disease at 19
Meningococcal disease at 1
Meningococcal disease at 21
Viral meningitis at 37
Pneumococcal meningitis at 2
Meningococcal disease at 0
Meningococcal disease at 0
Meningococcal disease at 6
Meningococcal disease at 32
Meningococcal disease at Brother was 22
Meningococcal disease at 1
Meningococcal disease at 8 months
E. coli meningitis at 0
Meningococcal disease at 2
Meningococcal disease at 9 weeks
Meningococcal disease at 1
Group B Strep meningitis at 3 days
Meningococcal disease at 50
Pneumococcal meningitis at 23
Meningococcal disease at Son was 26
Meningococcal disease at 2
Meningococcal disease at 9
Meningococcal disease at 7
Group B Strep meningitis at 3 days
Meningococcal disease at 26
Pneumococcal meningitis at 33
Meningococcal disease at 5
Meningococcal disease at 14
Group B Strep meningitis at 3 days
Meningococcal disease at 7 months
TB meningitis at 20
Pneumococcal meningitis at daughter is 15 months old
Meningococcal disease at 15 months & 5 years old
Meningococcal disease at 6 (in 1956)
Bacterial Meningitis at 4 Weeks
Group B Strep meningitis at 13 days
Bacterial Meningitis at 46
Meningococcal disease at 35
Pneumococcal meningitis at 30
Meningococcal disease at Son was 16
Meningococcal disease at 19
Meningococcal disease at 4
Meningococcal disease at 6 months
Pneumococcal meningitis at 2 years 2 months
Bacterial Meningitis at 6 months
Meningococcal disease at 23
Meningococcal disease at 3
Meningococcal disease at 3 1/2 years
Meningococcal disease at 16
Meningococcal disease at 15 months
Meningococcal disease at 19
Meningococcal disease at Nephew was 13 months
Viral meningitis at 5 months old
Meningococcal disease at 20
Pneumococcal meningitis at Son is 16 months
Meningococcal disease at 2
Meningococcal disease at 15
Pneumococcal meningitis at 27
Viral meningitis at 32
Meningococcal disease at 4
Meningococcal disease at 52
Pneumococcal meningitis at 52
Meningococcal disease at 15 months
Meningococcal disease at 51
Meningococcal disease at 22
Meningococcal disease at 6wks

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