A 37-year-old woman from Queensland's Sunshine Coast who died from meningococcal disease tested negative to the illness hours before falling seriously ill, her mother says.

Queensland Health confirmed Julianne Dunkinson from Pomona, near Noosa, was admitted to hospital on Friday and died on Sunday.

The mother of two is the first Queenslander to die of the illness this year.

Ms Dunkinson's mother, Pat Young, said her daughter collapsed at work at Noosa Council and within hours was fighting for her life.

"She was fine by the time they got to the doctor, they did a blood test and it has come back showing nothing," Ms Young said.

"Then I was at a funeral in Gympie, I got the call ... I came home. By then ... she was running a fever at home.

"I went to Noosa and saw the lady who took her to the doctor. I went straight to the doctor and said to her I wasn't happy with what I was seeing."

The doctor arranged for an ambulance to rush Ms Dunkinson to hospital, where she was placed in an induced coma for pain relief, but never regained consciousness.

Queensland Health spokesman Dr Andrew Langley said early in the course of meningococcal disease, before a person’s condition worsened, symptoms could appear similar to a wide range of illnesses.

But he declined to comment on whether such a blood test result would be unusual.

"We can't comment on individual cases," he said.

Ms Young said her daughter had many friends in the local line dancing community.

"Everybody is just totally devastated, all her work colleagues ... they are totally devastated as is everyone else," she said.

"She dearly loved her line dancing, and everybody is just totally devastated this has all just happened so quickly."

Ms Dunkinson's line dancing friends planned to form a guard of honour at her funeral.

Noosa Council staff have been contacted and urged to seek medical advice if they showed symptoms of the disease.

Dr Langley described the symptoms as "vomiting, fever, headaches, stiff neck, dislike of bright lights, drowsiness, joint pain and classically - but it's not always present - a dark, reddish rash".

Queensland Health said it was the sixth meningococcal case in the state so far this year.

There were 40 cases recorded across Queensland last year.