Recrudescence and relapse of meningococcal meningitis and septicaemia |
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Authors: | PE Nielsen T Thelle M Tvede |
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Affiliation: | Department of Paediatrics and Department of Clinical-Microbiology1, Viborg County Hospital, Denmark |
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Abstract: | Three cases of recrudescence and relapse of Neisseria meningitidis group B meningitis and septicaemia are reported. The recrudescence and relapses could not be explained by infectious foci, increased bacterial penicillin resistance or immunological defects. As a supplement to antibiotic treatment, all three patients received corticosteroids for the initial 2 days of treatment, and this may have contributed to the unusual course of the disease in our patient. |
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Keywords: | Corticosteroids meningitis N. meningitidis septicaemia |
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