Meningococcaemia: a life threatening complication of upper gastrointestinal endoscopy.
Minor and major complications of diagnostic and therapeutic upper gastrointestinal endoscopy, especially after injection sclerotherapy, are well recognised. We report a case of septicaemia with Neisseria meningitidis serogroup A in a 4-year-old girl after diagnostic endoscopy.
al-Zamil
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Department of Paediatrics, King Faisal Specialist Hospital, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
al Ballaa
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Nazer
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Tufenkeji
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D016470:Bacteremia / Q000209:etiology*; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D005773:Gastroscopy / Q000009:adverse effects*; D006801:Humans; D008589:Meningococcal Infections / Q000209:etiology*; D009345:Neisseria meningitidis / Q000302:isolation & purification