医学
流行病学
脑膜炎奈瑟菌
流行性脑脊髓膜炎
病死率
重症监护医学
肺炎
公共卫生
疾病
儿科
化脓性关节炎
免疫学
内科学
关节炎
病理
遗传学
细菌
生物
作者
Ala‐Eddine Deghmane,Samy Taha,Muhamed‐Kheir Taha
标识
DOI:10.1080/23744235.2021.1971289
摘要
Neisseria meningitidis (the meningococcus) causes significant morbidity and mortality worldwide through an epidemic or sporadic invasive infections. The epidemiology of N. meningitidis is changing and unpredictable. Certain emerging meningococcal genotypes seem to be associated with increasing unusual clinical presentations. Indeed, early symptoms may vary and are frequently non-specific. However, atypical clinical forms including abdominal presentations, septic arthritis, and bacteremic pneumonia may lead to misdiagnosis and some are usually associated with higher case fatality rates due to delayed optimal management. Improving awareness of clinicians and public health specialists about these unusual but potentially severe presentations should help establish prompt diagnoses and provide appropriate management of cases. In this review, we described unusual panels of clinical presentations of invasive meningococcal disease linked to the recent changes in meningococcal epidemiology.
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