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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...
Autores principales: | Shrestha, Pratyush, Shrestha, Nabin K, Giri, Smith |
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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Dove Medical Press
2013
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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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