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. 2000 Nov-Dec;6(6):646–648. doi: 10.3201/eid0606.000615

Meningococcemia in a patient coinfected with hepatitis C virus and HIV.

C G Nelson 1, M A Iler 1, C W Woods 1, J A Bartlett 1, V G Fowler Jr 1
PMCID: PMC2640927  PMID: 11076725

Abstract

We describe the first reported case of meningococcemia in a patient coinfected with hepatitis C virus and HIV. Hypocomplementemia secondary to hepatic dysfunction may have enhanced the patient's susceptibility to meningococcal infection.

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