Invasive meningococcal disease due to a non-capsulated Neisseria meningitidis strain in a patient with IgG4-related disease

BACKGROUND: Invasive Meningococcal Disease (IMD) is a rare and critical disease in Japan. Most of these cases are caused by capsulated Neisseria meningitidis strains. Non-capsulated (non-typable) strains are considered relatively low-pathogenic and can colonize in the nasopharynx of healthy children...

Descripción completa

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Kurose, Shun, Onozawa, Kyoko, Yoshikawa, Hiroshi, Yaita, Kenichiro, Takahashi, Hideyuki, Shimono, Nobuyuki, Nagasaki, Yoji
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2018
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5879769/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29606119
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12879-018-3064-2

Ejemplares similares

Ejemplares similares