Disseminated gonococcal infection and eculizumab--a 'high risk' connection?

Autor:	W E Maher, Jose A. Bazan, Siddharth Hublikar
Rok vydání:	2015
Předmět:	Microbiology (medical) Adult medicine.medical_specialty Sexual Behavior Hemoglobinuria Paroxysmal Directive Counseling Dermatology Azithromycin medicine.disease_cause Antibodies Monoclonal Humanized Gonococcal infection Gonorrhea Internal medicine medicine Humans Left index finger business.industry Ceftriaxone Public Health Environmental and Occupational Health Eculizumab medicine.disease Neisseria gonorrhoeae Anti-Bacterial Agents Infectious Diseases Treatment Outcome Sexual behavior Paroxysmal nocturnal hemoglobinuria Hemoglobinuria Chills Female medicine.symptom business medicine.drug
Zdroj:	Sexually transmitted diseases. 41(12)
ISSN:	1537-4521
Popis:	A 28-year-old woman who was undergoing treatment with eculizumab for paroxysmal nocturnal hemoglobinuria presented to the hospital with fevers, chills, headache, and a swollen left index finger. Blood cultures returned positive for Neisseria gonorrhoeae. We report the second case of disseminated gonococcal infection associated with the use of eculizumab.
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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