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Meningococcemia Masquerading as a Nonspecific Flu-Like Syndrome

Neisseria meningitidis is a cause of bacterial meningitis and meningococcemia worldwide. Rarely, it causes invasive disease with significant lifelong sequela if survived. Early clinical recognition is key as meningococcemia is an easily treatable disease, yet mortality is 50% if it is left untreated...

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Autores principales: Watts, Paula J., Fazel, Natasha, Scherbak, Dmitriy
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Hindawi 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6241351/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30519492
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2018/2097824