双胞胎患有脑膜炎是由于Neisseria meningitidis引起的
Gülsüm İclal Bayhan1, Saliha Kanık Yüksek2, Latife Güder2
1MD, Ankara Yıldırım Beyazıt University, Faculty of Medicine, and Ankara City Hospital, Department of Pediatric Infectious Disease, Üniversiteler Mahallesi, Bilkent Caddesi, Çankaya, Ankara, Turkey.
Germs
|February 16, 2024
概括
同时发生的脑膜炎发生在双胞胎婴儿中. 这一案例凸显了家庭传播的风险以及密切接触者的预防和疫苗接种的必要性.
科学领域:
- 儿科 儿科 儿科
- 传染性疾病 传染性疾病
- 流行病学 流行病学
背景情况:
- 侵入性脑膜炎球菌病 (IMD) 不成比例地影响婴儿和幼儿.
- 脑膜炎菌 (N. meningitidis) 是细菌性脑膜炎的主要原因之一.
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