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Recurrent meningococcal septicaemia and properdin deficiency
N A Cunliffe1, N Snowden, E M Dunbar
1Department of Infectious Diseases and Tropical Medicine, (Monsall Unit) North Manchester General Hospital, Crumpsall, U.K.
The Journal of Infection
|July 1, 1995
Abstract:
A 32-year-old male presented with two episodes of meningococcal septicaemia, each of which was caused by a different serogroup of Neisseria meningitidis. Examination of the alternative pathway of complement revealed the rare X-linked disorder properdin deficiency (PD). Meningococcal Infection in complement deficiency states is discussed and the unusual features of this case are highlighted.