The type of bacterial meningitis that becomes epidemic among young adults is caused by

A) Streptococcus agalactiae.
B) Streptococcus pneumoniae.
C) Haemophilus influenzae.
D) Neisseria meningitidis.
E) Listeria monocytogenes.


D
Bloom's Taxonomy: Knowledge
Section: Bacterial Diseases of the Nervous System
Learning Outcome: 20.5

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