Chronic meningococcemia: a report of 26 cases and literature review
Chronic meningococcemia: a report of 26 cases and literature review
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Berlin/Heidelberg: Springer Berlin Heidelberg
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English
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Berlin/Heidelberg: Springer Berlin Heidelberg
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Chronic meningococcemia is defined by blood culture(s) positive for
Neisseria meningitidis
, symptoms duration > 7 days, and neither meningitis nor shock on admission. This series of 26 consecutive cases illustrates that this is a rare disease (< 5% of meningococcemia, < 0.05 cases per 100,000 inhabitants per year), mostly affecting young adu...
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Chronic meningococcemia: a report of 26 cases and literature review
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TN_cdi_proquest_miscellaneous_2123723736
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/TN_cdi_proquest_miscellaneous_2123723736
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0300-8126
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1439-0973
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10.1007/s15010-018-1238-x