Rapid recovery following fulminant meningococcemia complicated by myocarditis in a 15-year-old Nepalese girl: a case report

INTRODUCTION: 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. We report a case of a patient with fulminant meningococcemia w...

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Autores principales: Shrestha, Pratyush, Shrestha, Nabin K, Giri, Smith
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Dove Medical Press 2013
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3741079/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23950664
http://dx.doi.org/10.2147/IMCRJ.S36713

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3741079/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23950664
http://dx.doi.org/10.2147/IMCRJ.S36713

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