Can spinal meningitis be spread through contact?

Close contact: Individuals having close contact with affected patient in such settings as same household, daycare, military barracks, and college dorm, are at higher risk to get infected.

Meningitis: Most bacterial menigitises are infectious although relatively few people become infected. Neisseria meningitis is very infective and needs to be treated immediately or fatal consequences may occur.

Depends: Meningitis means inflammation of the tissues around the brain and spinal column. When caused by infection transmission from person to person depends upon which organism is the causative agent. Neisseria meningitidis (meningococcus) may be highly communicable with close contact. Epidemics seen in institutions, military training camps, schools and within family units.