海外渡航中に肺炎を先行感染として発症したNeisseria meningitidis敗血症の1例

白石 眞; 関 一平; 安藤 裕康; 中澤 暁雄; 伊巻 尚平; 長嶋 淳三; 高木 妙子; 山中 郁男

doi:10.11150/kansenshogakuzasshi1970.75.692

A Case of Sepsis by Neisseria meningitidis Beginning with Pneumonia during a Trip Abroad

Makoto SHIRAISHI, Ippei SEKI, Hiroyasu ANDOU, Akeo NAKAZAWA, Shouhei IMAKI, Junzo NAGASHIMA, Taeko TAKAGI, Ikuo YAMANAKA

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Makoto SHIRAISHI
Department of Emergency and Critical Care Medicine, Yokohama City Seibu Hospital, St. Marianna University School of Medicine
Ippei SEKI
Department of Emergency and Critical Care Medicine, Yokohama City Seibu Hospital, St. Marianna University School of Medicine
Hiroyasu ANDOU
Department of Emergency and Critical Care Medicine, Yokohama City Seibu Hospital, St. Marianna University School of Medicine
Akeo NAKAZAWA
Department of Emergency and Critical Care Medicine, Yokohama City Seibu Hospital, St. Marianna University School of Medicine
Shouhei IMAKI
Department of Emergency and Critical Care Medicine, Yokohama City Seibu Hospital, St. Marianna University School of Medicine
Junzo NAGASHIMA
Department of Emergency and Critical Care Medicine, Yokohama City Seibu Hospital, St. Marianna University School of Medicine
Taeko TAKAGI
St. Marianna University School of Medicine Division of Clinical Laboratory
Ikuo YAMANAKA
Department of Emergency and Critical Care Medicine, Yokohama City Seibu Hospital, St. Marianna University School of Medicine

Keywords: Neisseria meningitidis, respiratory infection, sepsis

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2001 Volume 75 Issue 8 Pages 692-695

DOI https://doi.org/10.11150/kansenshogakuzasshi1970.75.692

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Abstract

A 62-year-male presented a high fever and a dry cough during a trip to Australia. He was admitted to a hospital as soon as be returned to Japan. The next day after returning to Japan, he was transferred to our hospital with septic shock and loss of consciousness. Neisseria meningitidis was cultured from his blood. N. meningitidis is rare in Japan. However its seems common, in some foreign countries. With these findings, it can be postulated that N. meningitides might be one of the etiological agents of the imported infectious disease.

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