title: Meningococcaemia: a life threatening complication of upper gastrointestinal endoscopy.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Paediatrics, King Faisal Specialist Hospital, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: al-Zamil
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: al Ballaa
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Nazer
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Tufenkeji
mesh_terms: 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