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Presentation with gastrointestinal symptoms and high case fatality associated with group W meningococcal disease (MenW) in teenagers, England, July 2015 to January 2016.

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

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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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Additional Information: 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. This article is copyright of the authors, 2016.
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
Dates:
DateEvent
24 March 2016Accepted
24 March 2016Published
Publisher License: Creative Commons: Attribution 4.0
PubMed ID: 27035055
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URI: 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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