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Meningococcemia in a patient coinfected with hepatitis C virus and HIV.

We describe the first reported case of meningococcemia in a patient coinfected with hepatitis C virus and HIV. Hypocomplementemia secondary to hepatic dysfunction may have enhanced the patient's susceptibility to meningococcal infection.

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Autores principales: Nelson, C G, Iler, M A, Woods, C W, Bartlett, J A, Fowler, V G
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2000
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2640927/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/11076725
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author Nelson, C G
Iler, M A
Woods, C W
Bartlett, J A
Fowler, V G
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spelling pubmed-26409272009-05-20 Meningococcemia in a patient coinfected with hepatitis C virus and HIV. Nelson, C G Iler, M A Woods, C W Bartlett, J A Fowler, V G Emerg Infect Dis Research Article We describe the first reported case of meningococcemia in a patient coinfected with hepatitis C virus and HIV. Hypocomplementemia secondary to hepatic dysfunction may have enhanced the patient's susceptibility to meningococcal infection. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2000 /pmc/articles/PMC2640927/ /pubmed/11076725 Text en https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is a publication of the U.S. Government. This publication is in the public domain and is therefore without copyright. All text from this work may be reprinted freely. Use of these materials should be properly cited.
spellingShingle Research Article
Nelson, C G
Iler, M A
Woods, C W
Bartlett, J A
Fowler, V G
Meningococcemia in a patient coinfected with hepatitis C virus and HIV.
title Meningococcemia in a patient coinfected with hepatitis C virus and HIV.
title_full Meningococcemia in a patient coinfected with hepatitis C virus and HIV.
title_fullStr Meningococcemia in a patient coinfected with hepatitis C virus and HIV.
title_full_unstemmed Meningococcemia in a patient coinfected with hepatitis C virus and HIV.
title_short Meningococcemia in a patient coinfected with hepatitis C virus and HIV.
title_sort meningococcemia in a patient coinfected with hepatitis c virus and hiv.
topic Research Article
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2640927/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/11076725
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