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Meningitis Disease
Neisseria Meningitides bacterium causes meningococcemia infection in the bloodstream. The contagious disease spreads from one person to another through respiratory secretions. The disease locates at the back of the nose and throat without showing any sign and symptoms. Neisseria meningitis divides to form five groups A, B, C,W, Y that cause diseases, with serogroups B, C, and Y causing illnesses in U.S.A. meningococcal meningitis causes irritation and inflammation of meninges and membranes that surround the spinal cord and brain (Park et al. 678). Meningococcal disease present with transient flu-like illnesses, intense myalgias and rapid deterioration of the manifestations. Upon entering the bloodstream, the host cannot clear the infection and invasive diseases completely. The host suffers from acute meningococcemia displaying with shock, septic, hypotensive, febrile conditions. The patients have headaches, malaise, rash, weakness, and intense myalgias. The absence of shock in acute meningitis present with fever, meningeal signs, and headache. In cases of acute meningoencephalitis manifestation, patients display signs of advanced sepsis, meningeal signs, nerve palsies, seizures, long-tract signs and other abnormal behaviors. The last stages present with confusion and stiff neck demanding medical attention (Park et al. 678).
Bacteria, virus, and fungus cause meningitis resulting in swelling of meninges covering the intellect and backbone.

Viral meningitis is a communal and curable disease, while bacterial meningitis is a deadly disease and kills if it remains coarse. Bacterial as well as viral meningitis display signs such as fever, taut neck, nausea, and discomfort in the body. Bacterial meningitis is dangerous because it causes permanent, irreparable damages to the body such as hearing loss, learning disabilities, and brain damage. People suffering from bacterial meningitis show sensitivity to light, loud noise and confusion because of tissue damage, organ failure and lead to death (Bjune et al. 1094). Persons having compromised immune systems are at higher risk of infection. Human beings serve as carriers of germs and continue to spread it through sneezing, kissing, coughing, and contact. Streptococcus pneumonia, Group B streptococcus, Neisseria meningitides, Haemophilus influenza, and Listeria monocytogenes bacteria cause meningitis. Neisseria meningitides cause Meningococcal meningitis.
Eradicating meningococcemia infection
People eradicate the disease through self-consciousness, adequate right knowledge, vaccination at the right time and diagnosis.
Hygiene
The nurse failed to practice healthy hygiene such as washing hands with a cleaning agent after exposure, covering the nose and mouth when coughing and sneezing. Probably she/he shared personal items with the items especially those that contacted the mouth without washing first. She touched her face using unwashed hands. She failed to clean and disinfect surfaces frequently touched by the patient.
Limit contact
The nurse failed to limit his/her contact with the patients as they coughed, sneezed, and showed other signs of different illnesses. There was no proper covering in the body to prevent exposure to nasopharyngeal secretions.
Medical attention
The nurse did not have a vaccine recommended for people at increased risk of infections such as nurses and college students. Vaccines such as measles, influenza, chickenpox, mumps protect against diseases causing viral meningitis. The nurse was not careful to take prophylactic antibiotics after having close contact with the infected patient. The nurse delayed before requesting preventive antibiotics that reduce chances of acquiring the infection (Bjune et al. 1095).
Meningitis transmission
Meningitis is a rare condition threatening life and demands emergency medical attention after showing symptoms because it develops at a faster pace in the body.
Toddlers, babies, university students and those exposed to infected persons remain at higher risk of acquiring the disease. However, people of all ages suffer from meningitis despite their ethnic group. The contagious meningitis is spread through kissing, sneezes, coughs, sharing cutlery, cigarettes, and toothbrushes among other personal items with infected individuals. While most people above 25 years have natural immunity against the disease, they suffer in case of outbreaks in institutions, military bases, boarding schools, universities and poorly ventilated offices at workplaces (Park et al. 677).
Works cited
Bjune, G., et al. “Effect of outer membrane vesicle vaccine against group B meningococcal disease in Norway.” The Lancet 338.8775 (1991): 1093-1096.
Park, Sue K., et al. “Transmission of a seasonal outbreak of childhood enteroviral aseptic meningitis and hand-foot-mouth disease.” Journal of Korean medical science 25.5 (2010): 677-683.