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CI meningitis riskI don't know if I would use the word "slightly" - the MMWR (Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report) that makes the vaccine recommendations sites the Reefhuis study from the New England Journal of Medicine. That study showed that CI users have a 30 TIMES greater chance of contracting s. pneumo meningitis than the general population. While the overall meningitis rate is still low, it's a big increase in risk compared with those who don't use CI's, hence the vaccination recommendations.
CI meningitis risk
I don't know if I would use the word "slightly" - the MMWR (Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report) that makes the vaccine recommendations sites the Reefhuis study from the New England Journal of Medicine. That study showed that CI users have a 30 TIMES greater chance of contracting s. pneumo meningitis than the general population. While the overall meningitis rate is still low, it's a big increase in risk compared with those who don't use CI's, hence the vaccination recommendations.
