title: [Persistent fever syndrome secondary to brain abscesses: a rare complication of the meningococcemia].
abstract: Meningococcal disease is caused by hematogenous spreading of Neisseria meningitidis. Meningococcal sepsis occurs in around 20% of cases of meningococcal disease, meningitis in 50% and, to a lesser extent, other conditions such as pneumonia, arthritis, urethritis, conjunctivitis or pericarditis. Brain abscesses are a rare complication.
authors.affiliation: Servicio de Medicina Interna, Hospital de Antequera, Málaga, 29200, Spain. ito.ruizserrato@gmail.com.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Ruiz-Serrato
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Villar-Jiménez
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Olmedo-Llanes
authors.forename: M C
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: Almodóvar-Pulido
authors.forename: J J
authors.initials: JJ
authors.lastname: Carabantes-Rueda
authors.forename: M A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: García-Ordóñez
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D016470:Bacteremia / Q000150:complications*; D001922:Brain Abscess / Q000209:etiology*; D005260:Female; D005334:Fever / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D008589:Meningococcal Infections / Q000150:complications*; D013577:Syndrome