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Delayed recognition of fatal invasive meningococcal disease in adults

INTRODUCTION: Invasive meningococcal disease can be difficult to detect early in its course when patients may appear well and the severity of their illness is obscured by non-specific complaints. CASE PRESENTATION: We report five cases of meningococcal sepsis in adult patients who presented to an em...

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Autores principales: Nagel, Frederick W., Ezeoke, Ifeoma, Antwi, Mike, Del Rosso, Paula E., Dorsinville, Marie, Isaac, Beth M., Hayden, Althea, Hoffman, Robert S., Weingart, Scott D., Weiss, Don
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Microbiology Society 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5330221/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28348753
http://dx.doi.org/10.1099/jmmcr.0.005027