Prevention
To help reduce your chances of getting bacterial meningitis, consider the following steps:
- Vaccines against Hib —usually for children
- Pneumococcal polysaccharide vaccine
against
Streptococcus pneumoniae
usually for:
- All people over age 65
- People ages 2 to 64 with certain chronic medical problems
-
Pneumococcal conjugate vaccine against
Streptococcus pneumoniae
usually for:
- Infants
- All children older than 2 years old
- Preventative antibiotics—for healthcare workers or family members in close contact with infected patients
- Buying pasteurized milk and milk products—to prevent meningitis due to Listeria monocytogenes
- Monitor for maternal infection during and before labor to prevent meningitis in newborns
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