[Meningococcus purpura fulminans, a partially solved mystery]

Med Sci (Paris). 2018 Dec;34(12):1038-1041. doi: 10.1051/medsci/2018288. Epub 2019 Jan 9.

[Article in French]

Authors

Hervé Lécuyer¹, Xavier Nassif¹, Mathieu Coureuil²

Affiliations

¹ Institut Necker Enfants Malades, Université Paris Descartes, Inserm U1151, CNRS UMR 8253, 14, rue M.H. Vieira Da Silva, CS61431, 75993 Paris, France - Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris, Hôpital Universitaire Necker Enfants Malades, Service de Microbiologie clinique, Paris, France.
² Institut Necker Enfants Malades, Université Paris Descartes, Inserm U1151, CNRS UMR 8253, 14, rue M.H. Vieira Da Silva, CS61431, 75993 Paris, France.

PMID: 30623761
DOI: 10.1051/medsci/2018288

No abstract available

Publication types

News

MeSH terms

Blood Coagulation / physiology
Diagnosis, Differential
Endothelial Protein C Receptor / physiology
Humans
Meningitis, Meningococcal / complications*
Meningitis, Meningococcal / diagnosis*
Neisseria meningitidis / physiology*
Protein C / physiology
Purpura Fulminans / diagnosis*
Purpura Fulminans / microbiology*

Substances

Endothelial Protein C Receptor
Protein C