There are medicines (antibiotics) that are effective against meningococcal bacteria. But despite medical treatment and intensive care, the death rate from this condition is about 10%. The course of the disease is often rapid and dramatic. Of those who survive, about 20% receive lasting injuries such as epilepsy, impaired hearing and other neurological injuries, as well as tissue damage that can require plastic surgery and/or amputation.

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• Apert syndrome
• Arm- and/or leg amputation
• Arthrogryposis
• Dysmelia
• Sepsis
• TAR syndrome
• Thalidomide effects
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