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ArticleBMC infectious diseases2020

Meningococcaemia causing necrotizing cellulitis associated with acquired complement deficiency after gastric bypass surgery: a case report.

Zoe Pletschette, Elodie De Groote, Wesley Mattheus, Charlotte Waxweiler, Jacques Creteur, David Grimaldi

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Article in BMC infectious diseases, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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Authors and funding

6 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Zoe PletschetteDepartment of Intensive Care, Erasme Hospital, Université Libre de Bruxelles, 808 Route de Lennik, Brussels, Belgium. zoe.pletschette@erasme.ulb.ac.be.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1085-9954
Elodie De GrooteDepartment of Infectious Diseases, Erasme Hospital, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Brussels, Belgium.
Wesley MattheusMeningococcal Reference Centre, Sciensano, Brussels, Belgium.
Charlotte WaxweilerDepartment of Plastic Surgery, Erasme Hospital, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Brussels, Belgium.
Jacques CreteurDepartment of Intensive Care, Erasme Hospital, Université Libre de Bruxelles, 808 Route de Lennik, Brussels, Belgium.
David GrimaldiDepartment of Intensive Care, Erasme Hospital, Université Libre de Bruxelles, 808 Route de Lennik, Brussels, Belgium.
Université Libre de Bruxelles · BESciensano (Belgium) · BE

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundNeisseria meningitidis has rarely been described as an agent of necrotic soft tissue infection. CASE PRESENTATION: We report a case of a septic shock with necrotizing cellulitis due to Neisseria meningitidis serogroup W, treated by urgent extensive surgical debridement followed by skin grafts. The invasive meningococcal disease occurred together with a complement deficiency, possibly acquired after bypass surgery that took place 1 year before.

conclusionsNecrotic tissue infections should be considered part of the invasive meningococcal diseases spectrum and should prompt clinicians to look for complement deficiencies. Gastric bypass surgery associated malnutrition may be implicated but further verification is needed.

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BacteremiaCellulitisComplement System ProteinsDebridementFemaleGastric BypassHumansMeningococcal InfectionsMiddle AgedNeisseria meningitidisShock, SepticSoft Tissue InfectionsComplement System ProteinsCase reportMeningococcus; necrotizing fasciitisSerogroup W

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