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FEVER, ABDOMINAL PAIN, AND LEUKOPENIA IN A 13-YEAR-OLD: A CASE-BASED REVIEW OF MENINGOCOCCEMIA JOURNAL OF EMERGENCY MEDICINE Hsia, R. Y., Wang, E., Thanassi, W. T. 2009; 37 (1): 21-28

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.

View details for DOI 10.1016/j.jemermed.2007.11.083

View details for Web of Science ID 000267505800005

View details for PubMedID 18657927