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Meningitis W Babies. The meningococcal conjugate vaccine (menacwy) protects against four types of meningococcal bacteria (types a, c, w, and y). It can affect anyone, but is most common in babies, young children, teenagers and young adults.

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A fungal infection can also cause meningitis, but this is much less common. Chakrabarti p, warren c, vincent l, kumar y. Meningitis that affects babies up to 2 or 3 months old is called neonatal meningitis.

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Meningitis can be very serious if not treated quickly. Rapp graduated from the perelman school of medicine at university of pennsylvania in 1988. The incidence of bacterial meningitis in children differs by age group and is highest in infants aged younger than two months [11,12]. It can affect anyone, but is most common in babies, young children, teenagers and young adults.