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Chronic meningococcemia in a vertically HIV-infected adolescent

, 2020
Chronic meningococcemia is a rare manifestation of meningococcal disease, characterized by a period of more than one week of intermittent or continuous fever, arthralgia and skin lesions without meningitis.
Aída de Fátima T. Barbosa Gouvêa, Rita S.B. Cardona, Regina Célia de Menezes Succi, Suenia Vasconcelos Beltrão, Reinaldo Salomão, Daisy Maria Machado, Fabiana Bononi do Carmo   +6 more
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Clinical and Laboratory Manifestations of Meningococcemia in Children [PDF]

Iranian Journal of Public Health, 2006
Lack of vaccination and modern health care facilities in many countries including Iran let meningococcemia to remain as a serious challenging disorder especially among children and in spite of improved diagnosis and earlier treatment its prognosis is ...
S Mamishi, S Mostashfi habibabadi, B Elahi   +2 more
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Chronic meningococcemia: a rare presentation of meningococcal disease: case report

Autopsy and Case Reports, 2012
Chronic meningococcemia is a rare clinical presentation within the spectrum of infections due to Neisseria meningitidis, which was first described in 1902. It is defined as a chronic and benign meningococcal bacteremia without meningeal signs or symptoms
Antonio Adolfo Guerra Soares Brandão, Aleksander Snioka Prokopowitsch, Fernando Peixoto Ferraz de Campos, Liz Andrea Kawabata Yoshihara   +3 more
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Endocrine: Adrenal Hemorrhage - Meningococcemia

, 1900
Adrenal hemorrhage ...
MUSC Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
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Enfermedad por meningococo, Neisseria meningitidis: perspectiva epidemiológica, clínica y preventiva Meningococcal disease caused by Neisseria meningitidis: epidemiological, clinical, and preventive perspectives

Salud Pública de México, 2004
La meningitis bacteriana continúa siendo uno de los grandes problemas de la salud pública mundial. En particular, la infección por Neisseria meningitidis afecta tanto a países desarrollados como subdesarrollados, y se presenta en formas endémicas y ...
Lourdes Almeida-González, Carlos Franco-Paredes, Luis Fernando Pérez, José Ignacio Santos-Preciado   +3 more
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Informe de hallazgos de dos casos de meningococcemia fulminante en Palmira, junio 2003 [PDF]

, 2003
Introduction: There appeared in municipality of Palmira, Valle an outbreak of fulminating meningococcemia in two members of the same family, a girl five years old an her father with 31 years old.
Jorge Martín Rodríguez, Palmira Secretaría de Salud Municipal   +1 more
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Stroke Mimic due to Fulminant Waterhouse-Friderichsen Syndrome: a Case Report

Journal of Practical Emergency Medicine
Background: Waterhouse-Friderichsen syndrome is a rare, rapidly fatal condition characterized by bilateral adrenal hemorrhage and acute adrenal insufficiency, most commonly associated with fulminant meningococcemia.
Maria Camila Beltrán Romero, Freyberson Enrique Niño Mahecha   +1 more
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First case report of fulminant septic shock from meningococcemia associated with Cryptococcus neoformans coinfection in an immunocompetent patient

Medical Mycology Case Reports, 2019
The meningococcal disease manifestation associated with the presence of Cryptococcus neoformans is rare. There are no reports in the literature about these simultaneous infections in immunocompetent patients.
Guilherme Dienstmann, Karina Tolfo Avi, Luiz Arthur Calheiros Leite, Joaquim Squizatto Alano, Matheus Leite Ramos de Souza, Marcelo da Silva Mulazani, Paula Cristina Gern Mendivil   +6 more
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Application of the vacuum-assisted closure in pediatric patients with orthopedic sequelae of meningococcemia: report of a case successfully treated

, 2009
Patients who survive the initial acute phase of fulminant meningococcemia are at an increased risk for serious complications as a result of poor tissue perfusion.
Anna A. Kuang, Kuang, Anna A., Joseph I. Krajbich, Canavese, Federico, Krajbich, Joseph I., Federico Canavese   +5 more
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Aislamiento de cepas invasivas de Neisseria meningitidis serogrupos B y Y en la ciudad de Cumaná, años 2009-2010

Kasmera, 2012
: Neisseria meningitidis is the causal agent for meningitis and meningococcemia. This research was performed to phenotypically analyze invasive strains of N. meningitidis isolated in Cumana, State of Sucre. The study included all strains identified as N.
Martínez R Dianny, Payares B Daisy, Medina F Belkis, Carreño S Numirin, Rodríguez C Lucy, Marcano Z Daniel, Salgado M Nuris, Marcano R María, Moreno G Eidha   +8 more
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