Extreme Hyperleukocytosis in Meningococcal Bacteremia Mimicking Leukemia: A Case Report. [PDF]
Case Rep Infect DisHyperleukocytosis (> 100 × 109/L) is typically associated with hematologic malignancies and is rarely reported in infection. A previously healthy 27‐year‐old man presented with acute gastrointestinal symptoms and was found to have meningococcal bacteremia complicated by thrombocytopenia, coagulopathy, and acute kidney injury.
Gorena C, Amir-Kabirian B, Chao JH.
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Clinically Suspected Invasive Meningococcal Disease Presenting With Purpura Fulminans-Like Rash, Septic Shock, Multiorgan Dysfunction, and Recovery From ARDS in a Previously Healthy Child. [PDF]
Clin Case RepABSTRACT Clinically suspected invasive meningococcal disease can deteriorate rapidly in previously well children. Prompt recognition of the petechial–purpuric rash with shock, early empirical antibiotics, and aggressive supportive pediatric intensive care are cornerstones of management as multiorgan dysfunction and Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome ...
Omar S +6 more
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Beyond the Kidney and Lung: Cutaneous and Mucosal Clues to Human Hantavirus Disease. [PDF]
Int J DermatolRodent exposure and aerosolized excreta can lead to hantavirus infection with systemic endothelial injury and capillary leak, resulting in thrombocytopenia and syndromes such as HPS/HCPS and HFRS/NE. Early dermatologic and mucosal findings, including flushing, conjunctival injection, petechiae/purpura, and mucosal bleeding, may provide important clues ...
Gallo G, Quaglino P, Ribero S.
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Fulminant serogroup B meningococcemia in an adolescent vaccinated against serogroups A and C: highlighting the serogroup B vaccination gap in China—a case report and literature review [PDF]
Frontiers in MedicineBackgroundInvasive meningococcal disease (IMD) remains an acute clinical challenge associated with high mortality and permanent disability. Although routine immunization has successfully suppressed historical lineages, an expanding epidemiological shift ...
Qifa Hu +10 more
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Meningococcemia in an 11 Months Old Infant
Case Reports in Infectious Diseases, 2023 Meningococcemia is the infection of the blood caused by Neisseria meningitidis. Herein, we report a case of meningococcemia in an 11 months old infant who had a high-grade fever, nonblanching purpuric rash over the face and limbs, low blood pressure ...
Rachana Shrestha +5 more
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Current Understanding of Meningitis Pathogens, Immunity Gap, and Future Prevention Strategies in Sri Lanka: A Narrative Review. [PDF]
Int J MicrobiolMeningitis, an acute and life‐threatening inflammation of the protective membranes covering the brain and spinal cord caused primarily by bacterial, viral, fungal, or parasitic infections, remains a major global health challenge, causing significant morbidity and mortality, particularly among children and vulnerable populations.
Heshani T +4 more
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Meningococcemia Presenting as a Myocardial Infarction
Case Reports in Critical Care, 2015 Neisseria meningitidis is an encapsulated gram negative diplococcus that colonizes the nasopharynx and is transmitted by aerosol or secretions with the majority of cases occurring in infants and adolescents. Meningococcemia carries a high mortality which
Daniel Lachant, David Trawick
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Chronic meningococcemia presenting with recurrent painful rash and poly-arthralgia without fever [PDF]
IDCases, 2018 Chronic meningococcemia is an uncommon disorder, representing a diagnostic challenge. Classically, this pathology would be considered in young adults with a history of episodes of fever, disseminated cutaneous vasculitis and arthralgia.
C. Delwaide +5 more
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Revista de la Asociación Colombiana de Dermatología y Cirugía DermatológicaLa púrpura fulminante (PF) es una presentación infrecuente de la meningococcemia secundaria a trombosis intravascular e infarto hemorrágico cutáneo. Su curso es potencialmente letal, con tasas de mortalidad en la fase aguda entre 18-40%.
Sara Orozco Jiménez +3 more
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Meningococcemia complicated by myocarditis in a 16-year-old young man: a case report [PDF]
The Pan African Medical Journal, 2018 Fulminant meningococcemia is a relatively rare life-threatening disease caused by Neisseria meningitidis. The clinical presentation is varied, but, when associated with myocarditis, it carries a particularly poor prognosis.
Rania Bouneb +5 more
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