Unusual course of meningococcal infection with lethal outcome (brief communication)
https://doi.org/10.22625/2072-6732-2023-15-2-165-166
Abstract
We present a brief description of lethal case of meningococcal infection in 41 y old women, diagnosed by detection of Neisseria meningitidis in blood and results of histobacterioscopic study with the absence of rash and prominent mononuclear (non purulent) infiltration of soft meninges.
About the Authors
V. A. Zinserling
National Medical Research Center named after V.A. Almazov; Clinical Infectious Hospital named after S.P. Botkin
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Saint-Petersburg
Yu. V. Sukhanova
Clinical Infectious Hospital named after S.P. Botkin
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Saint-Petersburg
D. A. Gusev
National Medical Research Center named after V.A. Almazov; Clinical Infectious Hospital named after S.P. Botkin
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Saint-Petersburg
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Zinserling V.A., Sukhanova Yu.V., Gusev D.A. Unusual course of meningococcal infection with lethal outcome (brief communication). Journal Infectology. 2023;15(2):165-166. (In Russ.) https://doi.org/10.22625/2072-6732-2023-15-2-165-166
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