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| Provedor de dados: |
BJID
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| País: |
Brazil
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| Título: |
Deficiency of the eighth component of complement associated with recurrent meningococcal meningitis: case report and literature review
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| Autores: |
Rosa,Daniela Dornelles
Pasqualotto,Alessandro C.
Quadros,Maurício de
Prezzi,Sérgio Henrique
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| Data: |
2004-08-01
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| Ano: |
2004
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| Palavras-chave: |
Meningococcal disease
Neisseria meningitidis
Complement deficiency
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| Resumo: |
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.
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| Tipo: |
Info:eu-repo/semantics/report
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| Idioma: |
Inglês
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| Identificador: |
http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1413-86702004000400010
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| Editor: |
Brazilian Society of Infectious Diseases
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| Relação: |
10.1590/S1413-86702004000400010
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| Formato: |
text/html
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| Fonte: |
Brazilian Journal of Infectious Diseases v.8 n.4 2004
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| Direitos: |
info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
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