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Most bacteria that cause meningitis are carried in the human nose and throat. They spread from person to person by respiratory droplets or throat secretions through droplet transmission. Group B ...

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Neisseria meningitidis usually exists harmlessly in the nose and throat of a healthy individual who then becomes a carrier of this infection.

Meningococcemia is rare but life-threatening. The bacteria that causes it, Neisseria meningitidis (N. meningitidis), destroys blood vessels when it gets into the blood stream.

William’s mother says that is what happened with the bacteria getting into her son’s bloodstream. The 14-year-old died last Sunday, within a few days of showing symptoms, family members said.

The South Carolina Department of Public Health reports that there have been 12 cases of Neisseria meningitidis in the last year and a half, with four deaths.