Fulminant meningococcal sepsis in a young child--a case report |
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Authors: | Horvatić Elizabeta Soldo Ivan Vcev Aleksandar Bedeković Drazen Glasnović Marija Boanjak Ivica Marjanović Ksenija Bardek Mijo Goll-Barić Sanda Tadzić Refmir |
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Affiliation: | Tomislav Bardek, General Hospital, Department of Pathology and Cytology, Koprivnica, Croatia. horvatic.elizabeta@gmail.com |
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Abstract: | We are presenting a case of isolated fulminant meningococcal sepsis with two and a half year old child. Initial symptoms were obscure and common to many medical conditions, but also previously described as symptoms of meningococcal sepsis. Unrecognizing the seriousness of the condition child died at home, within few hours after examination and discharge from the hospital. Autopsy and microbiological findings unquestionably proved that the child died from septic shock caused by fulminant meningococcal sepsis. |
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