Chronic meningococcemia in a vertically HIV-infected adolescent

Chronic meningococcemia in a vertically HIV-infected adolescent

Chronic meningococcemia is a rare manifestation of meningococcal disease, characterized by a period of more than one week of intermittent or continuous fever, arthralgia and skin lesions without meningitis. It can occur both in previously healthy and immunocompromised patients. The gold standard for...

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Main Authors: Rita S.B. Cardona, Fabiana Bononi do Carmo, Suenia Vasconcelos Beltrão, Aída de Fátima T. Barbosa Gouvêa, Reinaldo Salomão, Regina Célia de Menezes Succi, Daisy Maria Machado
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2020-01-01
Series:IDCases
Subjects:
Chronic meningococcemia
Neisseria meningitides
HIV infection
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S221425092030072X

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