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Post-traumatic meningococcemia in a patient with deficiency of the C7 complement component
1Department of Internal Medicine D, Beilinson Medical Center, Petah Tikva, Israel.
Abstract:
A 20-year-old woman with C7 deficiency and fulminant meningococcemia that appeared after a blunt head trauma is described. This C7 deficiency was found in two of her siblings and should be suspected in patients presenting with neisserial infections.