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Meningococcemia without meningitis in an inmunocompetent young adult, case report [PDF]
Duazary, 2018 The infection caused by Neisseria meningitidis is responsible of a big proportion of meningitis cases and sepsis in children and young adults around the world.
Andrés Felipe Ochoa Díaz +1 more
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Meningococcemia Masquerading as a Nonspecific Flu-Like Syndrome
Case Reports in Critical Care, 2018 Neisseria meningitidis is a cause of bacterial meningitis and meningococcemia worldwide. Rarely, it causes invasive disease with significant lifelong sequela if survived. Early clinical recognition is key as meningococcemia is an easily treatable disease,
Paula J. Watts +2 more
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IDCases, 2019 The spectrum of Neisseria meningitidis-associated clinical entities involves mild forms of disease, without neurological involvement or sepsis, and asymptomatic carrier states. Rarely, N.
Beatriz Prista-Leão +4 more
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Journal of Community Hospital Internal Medicine Perspectives, 2012 Within the past six years, a case of bothWaterhouse-Freidrichsen Syndrome and fulminant meningococcemia have presented to Union Memorial Hospital. Both cases presented in markedly different fashions, differed in microbiologic serogrouping, showed minimal
John Tabacco +3 more
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MENINGOCOCCEMIA LEVE SEM ASSOCIAÇÃO COM MENINGITE - UM RELATO DE CASO
Brazilian Journal of Infectious Diseases, 2023 A meningococcemia é uma doença grave, comumente associada à meningite, que pode pode evoluir para óbito de forma fulminante por choque e coagulação intravascular disseminada.
Carolina Oliveira Venturotti +4 more
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Meningococcemia in a vaccinated child receiving eculizumab and review of the literature [PDF]
The Turkish Journal of Pediatrics, 2023 Background. Atypical hemolytic uremic syndrome (aHUS) is a rare and severe disease characterized by uncontrolled activation and dysregulation of the alternative complement pathway and development of thrombotic microangiopathy. Eculizumab, which is
Diana Üçkardeş +5 more
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Up-to-Date Review of Meningococcal Meningitis: Global Challenges and Recommendations
Dubai Medical Journal, 2023 The Center for Disease Control and Prevention is warning about a new outbreak of meningococcal meningitis among gay, bisexual, and other men that have sex with men (MSM) due to multiple cases reported in Florida.
Nour Shaheen +13 more
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Analysis of fatal outcomes of meningococcal infection in adults
Терапевтический архив, 2022 Clinical characteristics and pathomorphological manifestations in 69 patients aged 18 to 86 years with a fatal outcome of the disease were examined in order to analyze the causes of severe course and high mortality of generalized forms meningococcal ...
Konstantin V. Zhdanov +9 more
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Meningocoxemic Septic Shock; A Case Report and Review of the Literature
Journal of Pediatric Emergency and Intensive Care Medicine, 2021 Meningococcal infections that have high mortality and morbidity in childhood and progress rapidly are an important health problem. It is one of the most important emergent diseases of the infectious diseases. Neisseria meningitidis has 13 serogroups.
Murat Özkale +2 more
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Hematology, Transfusion and Cell Therapy, 2023 Objetivos: Demontrar a evolução clínica de um caso de meningococcemia sem meningite em paciente com asplenia secundária a doença falciforme com o propósito de melhorar o manejo clínico e o diagnóstico precoce.
MG Duarte +9 more
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