<prompt> Young female with 3 days fever presents with headache, BP 9060 mmHg, Heart rate of 114min, and pin point spots developed distal to BP cuff. Most likely organism is:Brucella abortusBrucella suisN. meningitidisStaphylococcus aureus  <response>: Ans. is c i.e., N. meningitidis Ref: Harrison, 19the, p. 998 The patient has low blood pressure, tachycardia a state of shock along with meningitis. Meningococcal meningitis is the most common meningitis complicated by shock. Meningitis is the most common complication of meningococcemia. It usually begins suddenly with an intense headache, vomiting, and stiff neck and progresses to coma within a few hours. The Glasgow Meningococcal Septicaemia Prognostic Score GMSPS is probably the best-performing scoring system studied so far and may be clinically useful for severity assessment in meningococcal disease. 