Every case has a hinge point, a key feature around which the differential diagnosis is built. In this case, the hinge point is the splenectomy. N meningitidis is associated with sepsis and severe DIC ...

Neisseria meningitidis, also called meningococcus, is a bacterium responsible for meningitis and septicemia. Its most serious form, purpura fulminans, is often fatal. This bacterium, which is ...

Meningococcal disease is characterized by a marked variation in incidence and serogroup distribution by region and over time. In several European countries, Canada and Australia, immunization programs ...

Clinicians should be alert for invasive serogroup Y meningococcal disease in at-risk populations and those with unusual symptoms amid the highest annual number of cases reported since 2014, according ...

CORRECTION of abnormally low concentration of plasma components is usually attempted by replacement therapy. However, evidence from studies of purpura fulminans in man 1,2 and from studies of the ...

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Any infection caused by the Neisseria meningitidis (N. meningitidis) bacteria is called meningococcal disease. Meningococcal disease is very serious. It can lead to limb amputations, hearing loss, ...

Sydney: Two Tasmanian women have been hospitalised with invasive meningococcal disease, bringing the number of cases nationally so far this year to 48. Health authorities are urging people to watch ...