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Association of myocarditis and acute renal failure complicating meningococcal septicaemia
D F DaCosta1, E Neville, G V Raman
1Department of Medicine, St Mary's Hospital, Portsmouth, Hants, U.K.
The Journal of Infection
|May 1, 1991
Abstract:
We report a case of meningococcal septicaemia complicated by myocarditis, cardiogenic shock and acute renal failure. Following protracted haemodynamic support and haemodialysis, there was complete recovery of cardiac and renal function.