Disseminated gonococcal infection in a patient with paroxysmal nocturnal hemoglobinuria having received ravulizumab and meningococcal vaccine

J Microbiol Immunol Infect. 2020 Aug;53(4):660-662. doi: 10.1016/j.jmii.2020.06.013. Epub 2020 Jun 30.

¹ Department of Internal Medicine, National Taiwan University Hospital and National Taiwan University College of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan. Electronic address: peteryuno1@gmail.com.
² Department of Internal Medicine, National Taiwan University Hospital and National Taiwan University College of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan. Electronic address: fiophoenix@gmail.com.
³ Department of Internal Medicine, National Taiwan University Hospital and National Taiwan University College of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan. Electronic address: a3151087@gmail.com.
⁴ Department of Internal Medicine, National Taiwan University Hospital and National Taiwan University College of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan; Department of Medicine, National Taiwan University Cancer Center, Taipei, Taiwan. Electronic address: b95401043@ntu.edu.tw.
⁵ Department of Internal Medicine, National Taiwan University Hospital and National Taiwan University College of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan. Electronic address: potatoaureus@gmail.com.
⁶ Department of Internal Medicine, National Taiwan University Hospital and National Taiwan University College of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan; Department of Tropical Medicine and Parasitology, National Taiwan University College of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan; Department of Medical Research, China Medical University Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan; China Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan. Electronic address: hcc0401@ntu.edu.tw.

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Keywords: Complement component 5 (C5) inhibitor; Gonorrhea; Humanized monoclonal antibody; Innate immunity; Sexually transmitted infection.

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