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Bacterial Meningitis: A Collegiate Concern? This unit is
designed to increase your understanding of a highly dangerous
infection, and help you protect your student athletes from its
potentially fatal consequences.  List of Objectives:   1.
Participants will be able to identify predisposing factors and
modes of transmission.  2. Participants will be able to
recognize signs, symptoms and combinations thereof, specific to
bacterial  3. Participants will be able to identify populations
in which the disease may occur and with whom vaccination     may
be warranted.  Meningitis is a viral or bacterial infection of
the meninges, the lining of the brain and the subarachnoid
space. The disease is a devastating illness that often occurs in
the prime of life and can be fatal. A thorough understanding of
this entity is of utmost importance, as it may appear with
"typical" symptoms associated with influenza or the