| Journal: | The brazilian journal of infectious diseases |
| Database: | PERIÓDICA |
| System number: | 000290848 |
| ISSN: | 1413-8670 |
| Authors: | Rosa, Daniela Dornelles1 Pasqualotto, Alessandro Comaru Quadros, Mauricio de Prezzi, Sérgio Henrique |
| Institutions: | 1Hospital Nossa Senhora da Conceicao, Departamento de Medicina Interna, Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul. Brasil |
| Year: | 2004 |
| Season: | Ago |
| Volumen: | 8 |
| Number: | 4 |
| Pages: | 328-330 |
| Country: | Brasil |
| Language: | Inglés |
| Document type: | Artículo |
| Approach: | Caso clínico |
| English abstract | 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-deficient and complement-sufficient patients was demonstrated. Meningococcal disease may be the first manifestation of complement deficiency; screening for complement function must be considered for those with invasive meningococcal disease, with posterior evaluation of the components of the terminal pathway of complement |
| Disciplines: | Medicina |
| Keyword: | Microbiología, Neurología, Enfermedad meningocócica, Neisseria meningitidis, Deficiencia de complemento |
| Keyword: | Medicine, Microbiology, Neurology, Meningococcal disease, Neisseria meningitidis, Complement deficiency |
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