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Recurrent meningococcal meningitis with complement 6 (C6) deficiency: A case report.
- Source :
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Medicine [Medicine (Baltimore)] 2020 May 22; Vol. 99 (21), pp. e20362. - Publication Year :
- 2020
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Abstract
- Rationale: Late complement deficiency increases susceptibility to meningococcal disease and recurrent infections. In Korea, 5 case reports have described meningococcal disease with complement deficiency. However, C6 deficiency has not been described previously.<br />Patient Concerns: A 21-year-old police trainee presented with recurrent meningococcal meningitis. He was housed in communal living quarters until 20 days before the initial symptom onset.<br />Diagnosis: He was diagnosed with meningococcal meningitis with C6 deficiency.<br />Interventions: He was treated with intravenous ceftriaxone. An additional dose of quadrivalent meningococcal conjugate vaccine was administered after discharge.<br />Outcomes: He was discharged without complications.<br />Lessons: Screening for complement deficiency is necessary in patients with a history of recurrent meningococcal infections to provide appropriate care and prevent recurrent infections.
- Subjects :
- Complement C6 immunology
Exanthema etiology
Fever etiology
Headache etiology
Humans
Male
Meningitis, Meningococcal drug therapy
Meningitis, Meningococcal immunology
Meningococcal Vaccines standards
Meningococcal Vaccines therapeutic use
Recurrence
Republic of Korea
Young Adult
Complement C6 deficiency
Meningitis, Meningococcal diagnosis
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 1536-5964
- Volume :
- 99
- Issue :
- 21
- Database :
- MEDLINE
- Journal :
- Medicine
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 32481330
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1097/MD.0000000000020362