Timely, appropriate antibiotic therapy can usually cure the meningitis (although serious complications including deafness, neurological problems and even amputations are still possible), whereas the severe blood infection leads to death in about 8% of cases.
Pravočasno in ustrezno zdravljenje z antibiotiki lahko običajno meningitis pozdravi (čeprav so še vedno mogoči hudi zapleti, vključno z gluhostjo, nevrološkimi težavami in celo amputacijami), medtem ko huda okužba krvi v približno 8 % primerov povzroči smrt.