| Journal: | Duazary |
| Database: | PERIÓDICA |
| System number: | 000418222 |
| ISSN: | 2389-783X |
| Authors: | Ochoa Díaz, Andrés Felipe Sánchez Pardo, Santiago |
| Year: | 2018 |
| Season: | May-Ago |
| Volumen: | 15 |
| Number: | 2 |
| Pages: | 211-216 |
| Country: | Colombia |
| Language: | Español |
| Document type: | Artículo |
| Approach: | Caso clínico |
| Spanish abstract | La infección causada por Neisseria meningitidis es la responsable de una gran proporción de cuadros de meningitis y sepsis alrededor del mundo en niños y adultos jóvenes. Las presentaciones clínicas más frecuentes de la enfermedad meningocócica son la meningitis y la meningococcemia, aunque esta última no es la más frecuente. La meningococcemia sin meningitis ocurre en una de cada cinco personas que tuvieron la infección, y reporta tasas de mortalidad del 5 % al 20 %. Se presenta un caso de meningococcemia sin meningitis asociado a coagulación intravascular diseminada con recuperación satisfactoria y sin secuelas, diferente a lo descrito en la literatura |
| English abstract | The infection caused by Neisseria meningitidis is responsible of a big proportion of meningitis cases and sepsis in children and young adults around the world. The most frequent clinical features of meningococcal disease are meningitis and meningococcemia, although the latter is not the most frequent. Meningococcemia without meningitis occurs in 1 of 5 people who had the infection, and it is reported that its mortality rates are between 5 % to 20 %. We present a case of meningococcemia without meningitis associated to intravascular disseminated coagulation with successful recovery and with no sequels, in opposition to what has been described on published researches |
| Disciplines: | Medicina |
| Keyword: | Microbiología, Hematología, Coagulación intravascular diseminada, Sepsis, Infecciones bacterianas, Neisseria meningitidis |
| Keyword: | Microbiology, Hematology, Disseminated intravascular coagulation, Sepsis, Bacterial infections, Neisseria meningitidis |
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