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What Are The Chances For Recurring Strep B Bacterial Spinal Meningitis?
I had Strep B Bacterial Spinal Meningitis in December, 2010. I since have had the HIB vaccine and also the meningoccal and pnemonia vaccines too. I have no spleen. What are the chances that I get it again? I am 58 years old, female, 135 lbs, 5 ft, 4 in. I have no spleen due to Stage 3B, Hodgkins Disease in 1982 (at 29 years old).
Mon, 24 Aug 2015
Never say never is what I would tell you, if you have signs and symptoms of a bacterial infection, just because you got vaccines does not make you 100% immune. Please seek medical advise since you are asplenic and your history of NHL.
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