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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Case Report
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
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description 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. In this case review, we present a classic case of meningococcemia, with an atypical presentation.
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spelling pubmed-62413512018-12-05 Meningococcemia Masquerading as a Nonspecific Flu-Like Syndrome Watts, Paula J. Fazel, Natasha Scherbak, Dmitriy Case Rep Crit Care Case Report 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. In this case review, we present a classic case of meningococcemia, with an atypical presentation. Hindawi 2018-11-05 /pmc/articles/PMC6241351/ /pubmed/30519492 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2018/2097824 Text en Copyright © 2018 Paula J. Watts et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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title_short Meningococcemia Masquerading as a Nonspecific Flu-Like Syndrome
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url 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
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