NIPH annals
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Based on extensive experience and studies, some guidelines for the treatment of meningococcal disease are presented. The physician should be watchful for signs of meningococcal disease in its early phases and be ready to institute antibiotic and fluid therapy immediately. ⋯ Antibiotic therapy for household contacts should be instituted as rapidly as possible. In this way it is hoped that the toll from this devastating infection in Norway may be lessened.