A pregnant woman with chronic meningococcaemia from Neisseria meningitidis with lpxL1-mutations

Lancet. 2014 Nov 22;384(9957):1900. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(14)61645-7. Epub 2014 Nov 21.

Authors

Oana-Diana Persa¹, Nathalie Jazmati², Nirmal Robinson³, Martina Wolke², Kim Kremer⁴, Katharina Schweer⁵, Georg Plum², Max Schlaak⁴

Affiliations

¹ Department of Dermatology and Venereology, University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany. Electronic address: oana-diana.persa@uk-koeln.de.
² Institute for Medical Microbiology, Immunology and Hygiene, University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany.
³ Institute for Medical Microbiology, Immunology and Hygiene, University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany; CECAD Research Center, Cologne, Germany.
⁴ Department of Dermatology and Venereology, University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany.
⁵ Department I of Internal Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany.

PMID: 25457917
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(14)61645-7

No abstract available

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Acyltransferases / genetics*
Adult
Bacteremia / diagnosis
Bacteremia / drug therapy
Bacteremia / genetics*
Bacterial Proteins / genetics*
Ceftriaxone / therapeutic use
Chronic Disease
Female
Humans
Infusions, Intravenous
Meningococcal Infections / diagnosis
Meningococcal Infections / drug therapy
Meningococcal Infections / genetics*
Mutation
Neisseria meningitidis / genetics*
Neisseria meningitidis / isolation & purification
Pregnancy
Pregnancy Complications, Infectious / diagnosis
Pregnancy Complications, Infectious / drug therapy
Pregnancy Complications, Infectious / genetics*
Pregnancy Outcome*
Pregnancy Trimester, First
Severity of Illness Index
Treatment Outcome

Substances

Bacterial Proteins
Ceftriaxone
Acyltransferases
LpxL protein, bacteria