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Neisseria meningitidis sepsis in a patient with acute epiglottitis and respiratory failure

A 78-year-old female patient presented to our emergency department with a 5-day history of throat pain, hoarseness and a progressive and dolorous submandibular swelling. Due to non-conclusive clinical examination and the stable but visibly affected patient, we performed a neck CT scan with intraveno...

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Autores principales: Zimmermann, Tobias, Chmiel, Corinne
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BMJ Publishing Group 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5976123/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29804070
http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bcr-2017-223388