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What is the rash you get when you have menningitis and what does it look like?
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The rash : Associated with mengiococcus evolves very quickly and the patient is very ill.
Answered 1/5/2013
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Viral or bacterial?: Some forms of each can cause a rash. The viral rash is generally macular, that is small red spots. The bacterial, usually meningococcal, rash is petechial, some bleeding spots in the skin and can become purpuric, large area of bleeding/bruising.
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