Invasive meningococcal disease in patients with complement deficiencies: a case series (2008–2017)

Invasive meningococcal disease in patients with complement deficiencies: a case series (2008–2017)

Abstract Background To describe patients with inherited and acquired complement deficiency who developed invasive meningococcal disease (IMD) in England over the last decade. Methods Public Health England conducts enhanced surveillance of IMD in England. We retrospectively identified patients with c...

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Main Authors: Shamez N. Ladhani, Helen Campbell, Jay Lucidarme, Steve Gray, Sydel Parikh, Laura Willerton, Stephen A. Clark, Aiswarya Lekshmi, Andrew Walker, Sima Patel, Xilian Bai, Mary Ramsay, Ray Borrow
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2019-06-01
Series:BMC Infectious Diseases
Subjects:
Invasive meningococcal disease
Complement deficiency
Risk factors
Eculizumab
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12879-019-4146-5

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