Post-traumatic meningococcemia in a patient with deficiency of the C7 complement component.
A 20-year-old woman with C7 deficiency and fulminant meningococcemia that appeared after a blunt head trauma is described. This C7 deficiency was found in two of her siblings and should be suspected in patients presenting with neisserial infections.
Molad
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Department of Internal Medicine D, Beilinson Medical Center, Petah Tikva, Israel.
Zimran
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Sidi
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Pinkhas
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J
D000328:Adult; D003184:Complement C7 / Q000172:deficiency*; D006259:Craniocerebral Trauma / Q000150:complications*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008589:Meningococcal Infections / Q000276:immunology*; D010375:Pedigree; D018805:Sepsis / Q000276:immunology*; D014949:Wounds, Nonpenetrating / Q000150:complications*
D003184:Complement C7