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Diarrhea as the Main Initial Manifestation of Meningococcemia: 2 Case Reports
| Hernández PM and Gómez TV* | |
| MD at Pediatric Infectious Diseases, National Institute of Pediatrics, Mexico | |
| Corresponding Author : | Gómez TV Insurgentes Sur 3700-C col. insurgent Cuicuilco Deleg. Coyoacan CP 04530, Mexico Email: valeria_172884@yahoo.com |
| Received August 20, 2014; Accepted October 30, 2014; Published November 09, 2014 | |
| Citation: Hernández PM, Gómez TV (2015) Diarrhea as a Manifestation of Meningococcemia: 2 Case Reports. J Clin Diagn Res 3:113. doi:10.4172/2376-0311.1000113 | |
| Copyright: © 2014 Hernández PM, et al. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited. | |
Abstract
Invasive meningococcal infections show a broad clinical picture in sepsis and meningitis. The clinical reports of the disease do not include diarrhea as an initial clinical presentation, since it is only seldom reported. Here is a description of two cases of meningococcal infection with diarrhea as the main initial clinical manifestation and posterior emergence of the classical signs and symptoms.
