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Fatal Pediatric Meningococcal Invasive Disease Caused by Neisseria meningitidis Serogroup C and Co-Infected With SARS-CoV-2: Report of a Case in Tijuana, Mexico
Invasive meningococcal disease (IMD) is a severe infection caused by Neisseria meningitidis, with mortality rates ranging from 10% to 40%. IMD has been confirmed to be an endemic disease in Tijuana, Mexico, right across the border from San Diego, California. To date, coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8917855/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35295362 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.22100 |
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author | Chacón-Cruz, Enrique Lopatynsky, Erika Z Machado-Contreras, Jesus R Gatica-Herrera, Ricardo Zazueta, Oscar E |
author_facet | Chacón-Cruz, Enrique Lopatynsky, Erika Z Machado-Contreras, Jesus R Gatica-Herrera, Ricardo Zazueta, Oscar E |
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description | Invasive meningococcal disease (IMD) is a severe infection caused by Neisseria meningitidis, with mortality rates ranging from 10% to 40%. IMD has been confirmed to be an endemic disease in Tijuana, Mexico, right across the border from San Diego, California. To date, coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is the most severe pandemic, causing more than 5.5 million deaths globally. Prior or co-infections of influenza with IMD has been reported previously; however, the participation of other respiratory viruses facilitating the invasiveness of N. meningitidis is either not shown or remains unclear. Here, we report the case of an unvaccinated (for IMD and COVID-19) seven-year-old child who had confirmed fatal IMD caused by N. meningitidis, serogroup C, and was co-infected by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2. |
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spelling | pubmed-89178552022-03-15 Fatal Pediatric Meningococcal Invasive Disease Caused by Neisseria meningitidis Serogroup C and Co-Infected With SARS-CoV-2: Report of a Case in Tijuana, Mexico Chacón-Cruz, Enrique Lopatynsky, Erika Z Machado-Contreras, Jesus R Gatica-Herrera, Ricardo Zazueta, Oscar E Cureus Pediatrics Invasive meningococcal disease (IMD) is a severe infection caused by Neisseria meningitidis, with mortality rates ranging from 10% to 40%. IMD has been confirmed to be an endemic disease in Tijuana, Mexico, right across the border from San Diego, California. To date, coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is the most severe pandemic, causing more than 5.5 million deaths globally. Prior or co-infections of influenza with IMD has been reported previously; however, the participation of other respiratory viruses facilitating the invasiveness of N. meningitidis is either not shown or remains unclear. Here, we report the case of an unvaccinated (for IMD and COVID-19) seven-year-old child who had confirmed fatal IMD caused by N. meningitidis, serogroup C, and was co-infected by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2. Cureus 2022-02-10 /pmc/articles/PMC8917855/ /pubmed/35295362 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.22100 Text en Copyright © 2022, Chacón-Cruz et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited. |
spellingShingle | Pediatrics Chacón-Cruz, Enrique Lopatynsky, Erika Z Machado-Contreras, Jesus R Gatica-Herrera, Ricardo Zazueta, Oscar E Fatal Pediatric Meningococcal Invasive Disease Caused by Neisseria meningitidis Serogroup C and Co-Infected With SARS-CoV-2: Report of a Case in Tijuana, Mexico |
title | Fatal Pediatric Meningococcal Invasive Disease Caused by Neisseria meningitidis Serogroup C and Co-Infected With SARS-CoV-2: Report of a Case in Tijuana, Mexico |
title_full | Fatal Pediatric Meningococcal Invasive Disease Caused by Neisseria meningitidis Serogroup C and Co-Infected With SARS-CoV-2: Report of a Case in Tijuana, Mexico |
title_fullStr | Fatal Pediatric Meningococcal Invasive Disease Caused by Neisseria meningitidis Serogroup C and Co-Infected With SARS-CoV-2: Report of a Case in Tijuana, Mexico |
title_full_unstemmed | Fatal Pediatric Meningococcal Invasive Disease Caused by Neisseria meningitidis Serogroup C and Co-Infected With SARS-CoV-2: Report of a Case in Tijuana, Mexico |
title_short | Fatal Pediatric Meningococcal Invasive Disease Caused by Neisseria meningitidis Serogroup C and Co-Infected With SARS-CoV-2: Report of a Case in Tijuana, Mexico |
title_sort | fatal pediatric meningococcal invasive disease caused by neisseria meningitidis serogroup c and co-infected with sars-cov-2: report of a case in tijuana, mexico |
topic | Pediatrics |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8917855/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35295362 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.22100 |
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