Meningococcemia Presenting as a Myocardial Infarction
Neisseria meningitidis is an encapsulated gram negative diplococcus that colonizes the nasopharynx and is transmitted by aerosol or secretions with the majority of cases occurring in infants and adolescents. Meningococcemia carries a high mortality which is in part due to myocarditis. Early recognit...
| المؤلفون الرئيسيون: | , |
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| التنسيق: | مقال |
| اللغة: | English |
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Hindawi Limited
2015-01-01
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| سلاسل: | Case Reports in Critical Care |
| الوصول للمادة أونلاين: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2015/953826 |