Meningococcal purpura fulminans and severe myocarditis with clinical meningitis but no meningeal inflammation: a case report

BACKGROUND: During fulminant meningococcal septicaemia, meningococci are often observed in the cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) although the patients have frequently no meningeal symptoms. Meningococcal meningitis, by contrast, usually features clinical meningeal signs and biochemical markers of inflammati...

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Published in:BMC Infect Dis
Main Authors: Hage-Sleiman, Mehdi, Derre, Nicolas, Verdet, Charlotte, Pialoux, Gilles, Gaudin, Olivier, Senet, Patricia, Fartoukh, Muriel, Boissan, Mathieu, Garnier, Marc
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: BioMed Central 2019
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Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6419487/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30871501
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12879-019-3866-x
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