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What can the disease meningitis cause like can it cause respitory faliure?

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Maybe: If someone has severe meningitis the germ may also trigger total system failure, including respiratory failure. This would be more common in the Meningococcal meningitis than many others as it can produce toxic agents that effect the blood pressure and circulation early in the illness.

Answered 6/28/2014

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