Neisseria meningitidis pneumonia with bacteremia without meningitis: An atypical presentation
Neisseria meningitidis remains the most important cause of bacterial meningitis worldwide. The second most common and potentially severe end-organ manifestation of invasive meningococcal disease is meningococcal pneumonia. It occurs between 5 % and 15 % of all patients with invasive meningococcal di...
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Language: | English |
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Elsevier
2020-01-01
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Online Access: | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2214250920302055 |