Chronic meningococcemia in a vertically HIV-infected adolescent
Rita S.B. Cardona,
Fabiana Bononi do Carmo,
Suenia Vasconcelos Beltrão,
Aída de Fátima T. Barbosa Gouvêa,
Reinaldo Salomão,
Regina Célia de Menezes Succi,
Daisy Maria Machado
Affiliations
Rita S.B. Cardona
Pediatric Infectious Disease Clinical Care Center of Federal University of São Paulo, Pedro de Toledo Street 924/928 Vila Clementino, Zip Code 04039-002, São Paulo, SP, Brazil; Corresponding author at: Pedro de Toledo Street 924/928 Vila Clementino, Zip Code 04039-002, São Paulo, SP, Brazil.
Fabiana Bononi do Carmo
Pediatric Infectious Disease Clinical Care Center of Federal University of São Paulo, Pedro de Toledo Street 924/928 Vila Clementino, Zip Code 04039-002, São Paulo, SP, Brazil
Suenia Vasconcelos Beltrão
Pediatric Infectious Disease Clinical Care Center of Federal University of São Paulo, Pedro de Toledo Street 924/928 Vila Clementino, Zip Code 04039-002, São Paulo, SP, Brazil
Aída de Fátima T. Barbosa Gouvêa
Pediatric Infectious Disease Clinical Care Center of Federal University of São Paulo, Pedro de Toledo Street 924/928 Vila Clementino, Zip Code 04039-002, São Paulo, SP, Brazil
Reinaldo Salomão
Adult Infectious Disease Department of Universidade Federal de São Paulo, Rua Napoleão de Barros 715 Vila Clementino, Zip Code 04024-002, São Paulo, SP, Brazil
Regina Célia de Menezes Succi
Pediatric Infectious Disease Clinical Care Center of Federal University of São Paulo, Pedro de Toledo Street 924/928 Vila Clementino, Zip Code 04039-002, São Paulo, SP, Brazil
Daisy Maria Machado
Pediatric Infectious Disease Clinical Care Center of Federal University of São Paulo, Pedro de Toledo Street 924/928 Vila Clementino, Zip Code 04039-002, São Paulo, SP, Brazil
Chronic meningococcemia is a rare manifestation of meningococcal disease, characterized by a period of more than one week of intermittent or continuous fever, arthralgia and skin lesions without meningitis. It can occur both in previously healthy and immunocompromised patients. The gold standard for the diagnosis is culture isolation of Neisseria meningitidis in sterile material. We describe a case of a vertically HIV-infected adolescent with chronic meningococcal disease.
