A Case of Meningococcal Sepsis and Meningitis with Complement 7 Deficiency in a Military Trainee

Complement component 7 (C7) deficiency leads to the loss of complement lytic function, and affected patients show increased susceptibility to encapsulated organisms infection, especially Neisseria meningitidis. Recently, we have experienced a 20-year-old military trainee with meningococcal sepsis an...

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Autores principales: Sim, Sung Hoon, Heo, Jung Yeon, Kim, Eui-Chong, Choe, Kang-Won
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The Korean Society of Infectious Diseases and Korean Society for Chemotherapy 2013
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3780931/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24265955
http://dx.doi.org/10.3947/ic.2013.45.1.94

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3780931/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24265955
http://dx.doi.org/10.3947/ic.2013.45.1.94

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