Meningococcemia complicated by myocarditis in a 16-year-old young man: a case report

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 who subsequentl...

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Autores principales: Bouneb, Rania, Mellouli, Manel, Regaieg, Haifa, Majdoub, Senda, Chouchène, Imed, Boussarsar, Mohamed
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The African Field Epidemiology Network 2018
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6057565/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30050613
http://dx.doi.org/10.11604/pamj.2018.29.149.13107

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6057565/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30050613
http://dx.doi.org/10.11604/pamj.2018.29.149.13107

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