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The changing face of meningococcal infection

Menigococcal infection is caused by Neisseria meningitidis, a Gram negative diplococci. Invasive meningococcal disease (IMD) is caused by 6 capsular groups. The spectrum of infection is broad, with meningitis and meningococcal sepsis associated with a case fatality of between 4 and 20%. The main bur...

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Autor principal: Knapper, Francesca
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Published by Elsevier Ltd on behalf of British Infection Association. 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8565481/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34751256
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.clinpr.2021.100083