Campbell, H; Parikh, SR; Borrow, R; Kaczmarski, E; Ramsay, ME; Ladhani, SN
(2016)
Presentation with gastrointestinal symptoms and high case fatality associated with group W meningococcal disease (MenW) in teenagers, England, July 2015 to January 2016.
Euro Surveill, 21 (12).
ISSN 1560-7917
https://doi.org/10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2016.21.12.30175
SGUL Authors: Ladhani, Shamez Nizarali
Abstract
Atypical clinical presentations associated with group W meningococcal disease (MenW) are well-described and include pneumonia, septic arthritis, endocarditis and epiglottitis/supraglottitis. Following anecdotal reports of teenagers presenting with predominantly gastrointestinal symptoms, we undertook a case review of MenW cases in 15 to 19 year-olds diagnosed in England between July 2015 and January 2016. Of the 15 cases, seven presented with a short history of nausea, vomiting and diarrhoea; five of these seven cases died within 24 hours of presentation to hospital.
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This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY 4.0) Licence. You may share and adapt the material, but must give appropriate credit to the source, provide a link to the licence, and indicate if changes were made.
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| Keywords: |
IMD, MenW disease, diarrhoea, gastroenteritis, invasive meningococcal disease, Abdominal Pain, Adolescent, Arthritis, Infectious, Diarrhea, England, Fatal Outcome, Female, Humans, Male, Meningococcal Infections, Neisseria meningitidis, Pneumonia, Bacterial, Retrospective Studies, Sepsis, Vomiting, Young Adult, Humans, Neisseria meningitidis, Meningococcal Infections, Pneumonia, Bacterial, Arthritis, Infectious, Sepsis, Abdominal Pain, Diarrhea, Vomiting, Fatal Outcome, Retrospective Studies, Adolescent, England, Female, Male, Young Adult |
| SGUL Research Institute / Research Centre: |
Academic Structure > Infection and Immunity Research Institute (INII) |
| Journal or Publication Title: |
Euro Surveill |
| ISSN: |
1560-7917 |
| Language: |
eng |
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| 24 March 2016 | Accepted | | 24 March 2016 | Published |
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| Publisher License: |
Creative Commons: Attribution 4.0 |
| PubMed ID: |
27035055 |
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https://openaccess.sgul.ac.uk/id/eprint/107993 |
| Publisher's version: |
https://doi.org/10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2016.21.12.30175 |
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