Deficiency of the eighth component of complement associated with recurrent meningococcal meningitis: case report and literature review

The authors report a case of deficiency of the eighth component of complement in a young adult with a history of three episodes of meningitis; one of them proved to be meningococcal. The literature was reviewed and meningitis due to Neisseria meningitidis strains causing disease in complement-defici...

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Main Authors: Daniela Dornelles Rosa, Alessandro C. Pasqualotto, Maurício de Quadros, Sérgio Henrique Prezzi
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: Elsevier
Series:Brazilian Journal of Infectious Diseases
Subjects:
Meningococcal disease
Neisseria meningitidis
complement deficiency
Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1413-86702004000400010&lng=en&tlng=en
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