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Unusual presentation of meningococcal meningitis in the elderly and utility of CSF PCR testing

We present an unusual case of a previously healthy 74-year-old man who presented with diffuse weakness, severe myalgias, petechial palmar rash and hypotension, but without fever, altered mental status, nuchal rigidity or headache, who was ultimately found through PCR testing to have meningococcal me...

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Veröffentlicht in:Access Microbiol
Hauptverfasser: Ranson, Elizabeth, Ship, Hannah, Garner, Omai, Yang, Shangxin, Bhattacharya, Debika
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Sprache:Inglês
Veröffentlicht: Microbiology Society 2020
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Online Zugang:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7660242/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33195972
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1099/acmi.0.000158
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