Ruiz-Serrato A, Villar-Jiménez J, Olmedo-Llanes J, Almodóvar-Pulido M C, Carabantes-Rueda J J, García-Ordóñez M A
Servicio de Medicina Interna, Hospital de Antequera, Málaga, 29200, Spain.
An Sist Sanit Navar. 2014 Sep-Dec;37(3):445-8. doi: 10.4321/s1137-66272014000300016.
Meningococcal disease is caused by hematogenous spreading of Neisseria meningitidis. Meningococcal sepsis occurs in around 20% of cases of meningococcal disease, meningitis in 50% and, to a lesser extent, other conditions such as pneumonia, arthritis, urethritis, conjunctivitis or pericarditis. Brain abscesses are a rare complication.
脑膜炎球菌病由脑膜炎奈瑟菌经血行播散引起。约20%的脑膜炎球菌病病例会出现脑膜炎球菌败血症，50%的病例会出现脑膜炎，此外还会出现程度较轻的其他病症，如肺炎、关节炎、尿道炎、结膜炎或心包炎。脑脓肿是一种罕见的并发症。
