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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spelling doaj-02faa18484334d2cbc15bf823f3ea67d2021-07-02T11:38:51ZengElsevierIDCases2214-25092020-01-0120e00764Chronic meningococcemia in a vertically HIV-infected adolescentRita S.B. Cardona0Fabiana Bononi do Carmo1Suenia Vasconcelos Beltrão2Aída de Fátima T. Barbosa Gouvêa3Reinaldo Salomão4Regina Célia de Menezes Succi5Daisy Maria Machado6Pediatric Infectious Disease Clinical Care Center of Federal University of São Paulo, Pedro de Toledo Street 924/928 Vila Clementino, Zip Code 04039-002, São Paulo, SP, Brazil; Corresponding author at: Pedro de Toledo Street 924/928 Vila Clementino, Zip Code 04039-002, São Paulo, SP, Brazil.Pediatric Infectious Disease Clinical Care Center of Federal University of São Paulo, Pedro de Toledo Street 924/928 Vila Clementino, Zip Code 04039-002, São Paulo, SP, BrazilPediatric Infectious Disease Clinical Care Center of Federal University of São Paulo, Pedro de Toledo Street 924/928 Vila Clementino, Zip Code 04039-002, São Paulo, SP, BrazilPediatric Infectious Disease Clinical Care Center of Federal University of São Paulo, Pedro de Toledo Street 924/928 Vila Clementino, Zip Code 04039-002, São Paulo, SP, BrazilAdult Infectious Disease Department of Universidade Federal de São Paulo, Rua Napoleão de Barros 715 Vila Clementino, Zip Code 04024-002, São Paulo, SP, BrazilPediatric Infectious Disease Clinical Care Center of Federal University of São Paulo, Pedro de Toledo Street 924/928 Vila Clementino, Zip Code 04039-002, São Paulo, SP, BrazilPediatric Infectious Disease Clinical Care Center of Federal University of São Paulo, Pedro de Toledo Street 924/928 Vila Clementino, Zip Code 04039-002, São Paulo, SP, BrazilChronic 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 the diagnosis is culture isolation of Neisseria meningitidis in sterile material. We describe a case of a vertically HIV-infected adolescent with chronic meningococcal disease.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S221425092030072XChronic meningococcemiaNeisseria meningitidesHIV infection
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author 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
spellingShingle 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
Chronic meningococcemia in a vertically HIV-infected adolescent
IDCases
Chronic meningococcemia
Neisseria meningitides
HIV infection
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Fabiana Bononi do Carmo
Suenia Vasconcelos Beltrão
Aída de Fátima T. Barbosa Gouvêa
Reinaldo Salomão
Regina Célia de Menezes Succi
Daisy Maria Machado
author_sort Rita S.B. Cardona
title Chronic meningococcemia in a vertically HIV-infected adolescent
title_short Chronic meningococcemia in a vertically HIV-infected adolescent
title_full Chronic meningococcemia in a vertically HIV-infected adolescent
title_fullStr Chronic meningococcemia in a vertically HIV-infected adolescent
title_full_unstemmed Chronic meningococcemia in a vertically HIV-infected adolescent
title_sort chronic meningococcemia in a vertically hiv-infected adolescent
publisher Elsevier
series IDCases
issn 2214-2509
publishDate 2020-01-01
description 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 the diagnosis is culture isolation of Neisseria meningitidis in sterile material. We describe a case of a vertically HIV-infected adolescent with chronic meningococcal disease.
topic Chronic meningococcemia
Neisseria meningitides
HIV infection
url http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S221425092030072X
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