Meningococcemia in a patient coinfected with hepatitis C virus and HIV.

Date
2000-11
Authors
Bartlett, John A
Fowler, Vance Garrison Jr
Iler, MA
Nelson, CG
Woods, Christopher Wildrick
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Abstract
We describe the first reported case of meningococcemia in a patient coinfected with hepatitis C virus and HIV. Hypocomplementemia secondary to hepatic dysfunction may have enhanced the patient's susceptibility to meningococcal infection.
Type
Journal article
Subject
Bacteremia
Female
HIV Infections
Hepatitis C
Humans
Meningococcal Infections
Middle Aged
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http://hdl.handle.net/10161/13327
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10.3201/eid0606.000615
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Bartlett, John A; Fowler, Vance Garrison Jr; Iler, MA; Nelson, CG; & Woods, Christopher Wildrick (2000). Meningococcemia in a patient coinfected with hepatitis C virus and HIV. Emerg Infect Dis, 6(6). pp. 646-648. 10.3201/eid0606.000615. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/10161/13327.
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Fowler

Vance Garrison Fowler Jr.

Professor of Medicine
Determinants of Outcome in Patients with Staphylococcus aureus Bacteremia Pathogenesis of Bacterial Infections Infections due to Resistant Gram Positive Organisms Tropical medicine/International Health
Woods

Christopher Wildrick Woods

Professor of Medicine
1. Emerging Infections 2. Global Health 3. Epidemiology of infectious diseases 4. Clinical microbiology and diagnostics 5. Bioterrorism Preparedness 6. Surveillance for communicable diseases 7. Antimicrobial resistance
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