Generalized Meningococcal Disease in the Newborn: Clinical Case and Literature Review

Neisseria meningitidis is one of the main etiological factors of meningitis and sepsis in children and adults, however, it is rarely diagnosed in the neonatal period. Clinical definition of neonatal meningococcal disease is complicated, the disease outcome is commonly lethal, and therefore its timel...

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Main Author: Irina Ya. Izvekova
Format: Article
Language:Russian
Published: Union of pediatricians of Russia 2023-05-01
Series:Педиатрическая фармакология
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Online Access:https://www.pedpharma.ru/jour/article/view/2285
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description Neisseria meningitidis is one of the main etiological factors of meningitis and sepsis in children and adults, however, it is rarely diagnosed in the neonatal period. Clinical definition of neonatal meningococcal disease is complicated, the disease outcome is commonly lethal, and therefore its timely diagnosis and adequate therapy are crucial. This article describes clinical case of the newborn with meningococcal sepsis hospitalized on the 5th day after birth and provides the literature review of the data from the late 19th century until the present.
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spelling doaj-art-800de8f7aab54f619a53029befdc6bb72025-08-20T03:19:39ZrusUnion of pediatricians of RussiaПедиатрическая фармакология1727-57762500-30892023-05-0120210.15690/pf.v20i2.25441971Generalized Meningococcal Disease in the Newborn: Clinical Case and Literature ReviewIrina Ya. Izvekova0Novosibirsk State Medical UniversityNeisseria meningitidis is one of the main etiological factors of meningitis and sepsis in children and adults, however, it is rarely diagnosed in the neonatal period. Clinical definition of neonatal meningococcal disease is complicated, the disease outcome is commonly lethal, and therefore its timely diagnosis and adequate therapy are crucial. This article describes clinical case of the newborn with meningococcal sepsis hospitalized on the 5th day after birth and provides the literature review of the data from the late 19th century until the present.https://www.pedpharma.ru/jour/article/view/2285meningococcal diseasenewborns
spellingShingle Irina Ya. Izvekova
Generalized Meningococcal Disease in the Newborn: Clinical Case and Literature Review
Педиатрическая фармакология
meningococcal disease
newborns
title Generalized Meningococcal Disease in the Newborn: Clinical Case and Literature Review
title_full Generalized Meningococcal Disease in the Newborn: Clinical Case and Literature Review
title_fullStr Generalized Meningococcal Disease in the Newborn: Clinical Case and Literature Review
title_full_unstemmed Generalized Meningococcal Disease in the Newborn: Clinical Case and Literature Review
title_short Generalized Meningococcal Disease in the Newborn: Clinical Case and Literature Review
title_sort generalized meningococcal disease in the newborn clinical case and literature review
topic meningococcal disease
newborns
url https://www.pedpharma.ru/jour/article/view/2285
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