Authors :
Christian Camilo Lasso-Maldonado; Jaime Andrés Cortés Pachajoa
Volume/Issue :
Volume 7 - 2022, Issue 12 - December
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DOI :
https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7514509
Abstract :
Neisseria meningitidis infection is the main
etiologic agent of meningitis of bacterial origin in the
world, mainly affecting children and young adults,
finding up to 15% of the population as asymptomatic
carriers. Invasive meningococcal disease has a broad
spectrum in its clinical presentation, the most frequent
being meningitis and meningococcemia, however,
variable foci have been documented such as pneumonia,
septic arthritis, endocarditis, among others, the case of
Atypical clinical presentation meningococcemia, rarely
reported in the literature.
Keywords :
Neisseria Meningitidis; Meningococcemia; Meningococcal Infections; Diarrhea.
Neisseria meningitidis infection is the main
etiologic agent of meningitis of bacterial origin in the
world, mainly affecting children and young adults,
finding up to 15% of the population as asymptomatic
carriers. Invasive meningococcal disease has a broad
spectrum in its clinical presentation, the most frequent
being meningitis and meningococcemia, however,
variable foci have been documented such as pneumonia,
septic arthritis, endocarditis, among others, the case of
Atypical clinical presentation meningococcemia, rarely
reported in the literature.
Keywords :
Neisseria Meningitidis; Meningococcemia; Meningococcal Infections; Diarrhea.
