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Meningococcal septicaemia: do not be reassured by normal investigations
1 Accident and Emergency Department, Bradford Royal Infirmary, Bradford, UK
2 Department of Paediatrics, Airedale General Hospital, Keighly, West Yorkshire, UK
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Correspondence to:
Dr P R E Jarvis
Accident and Emergency Department, Bradford Royal Infirmary, Bradford, West Yorkshire, UK; prejarvis{at}yahoo.com
This paper reports a case of meningococcal septicaemia. This case shows that normal investigations may provide the unwary clinician with an unfounded reassurance when dealing with children with this serious infection.
Keywords: meningococcus; septicaemia
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