Fatal Nongroupable Neisseria meningitidis Disease in Vaccinated Patient Receiving Eculizumab

Patients receiving eculizumab have an increased risk for meningococcal disease, but most reported cases are attributable to encapsulated meningococcal strains. We describe a case in which a nongroupable meningococcal strain, which rarely causes disease in healthy persons, caused fatal disease in an...

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Publicado no:Emerg Infect Dis
Main Authors: Nolfi-Donegan, Deirdre, Konar, Monica, Vianzon, Vianca, MacNeil, Jessica, Cooper, James, Lurie, Perrianne, Sedivy, Judi, Wang, Xin, Granoff, Dan M., McNamara, Lucy
Formato: Artigo
Idioma:Inglês
Publicado em: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2018
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Acesso em linha:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6056112/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30015608
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2408.180228
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