Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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3249168 | The Journal of Emergency Medicine | 2009 | 8 Pages |
Abstract
The presenting symptoms of meningococcemia are protean, and the illness is rapidly progressive and often fatal, making it simultaneously one of the most dangerous and most important illnesses the Emergency Physician can encounter. It attacks the young and it is highly contagious. This report uses one of the many unusual presentations of meningococcemia as a framework for discussing the epidemiology, presentation, diagnosis, and treatment of meningococcal disease.
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Authors
Renee Yuen-Jan MD, MSC, Ewen MD, Wendy T. MD,