GPs often fail to give early parenteral benzylpenicillin in suspected meningococcal infection

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EDITOR,—Recent national guidelines and communications from the chief medical officer have emphasised the importance of early benzylpenicillin in the management of suspected invasive meningococcal disease.1 Such action may prove life saving.2 The only contraindication for the use of benzylpenicillin in such circumstances is anaphylaxis after previous treatment with penicillin.1 In a recent study Colbridge et …