Meningococcemia and acquired complement deficiency. Association in patients with hepatic failure.
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Ellison, RT; Mason, SR; Kohler, PF; Curd, JG; Reller, LB
Published in: Arch Intern Med
August 1986
We treated two patients with severe hepatic failure complicated by meningococcemia. Serum complement profiles performed on these patients found low total hemolytic complement assays, normal concentrations of C1q, and low or undetectable concentrations of C3 through C6, C8, C9, and factors B and I. These studies suggest that these patients developed meningococcemia in the setting of acquired complement deficiency from impaired synthesis of multiple complement system proteins.
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Arch Intern Med
ISSN
0003-9926
Publication Date
August 1986
Volume
146
Issue
8
Start / End Page
1539 / 1540
Location
United States
Related Subject Headings
- Sepsis
- Meningococcal Infections
- Male
- Liver Diseases
- Humans
- General & Internal Medicine
- Complement System Proteins
- Adult
- Acute Disease
- 3202 Clinical sciences
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Ellison, R. T., Mason, S. R., Kohler, P. F., Curd, J. G., & Reller, L. B. (1986). Meningococcemia and acquired complement deficiency. Association in patients with hepatic failure. Arch Intern Med, 146(8), 1539–1540.
Ellison, R. T., S. R. Mason, P. F. Kohler, J. G. Curd, and L. B. Reller. “Meningococcemia and acquired complement deficiency. Association in patients with hepatic failure.” Arch Intern Med 146, no. 8 (August 1986): 1539–40.
Ellison RT, Mason SR, Kohler PF, Curd JG, Reller LB. Meningococcemia and acquired complement deficiency. Association in patients with hepatic failure. Arch Intern Med. 1986 Aug;146(8):1539–40.
Ellison, R. T., et al. “Meningococcemia and acquired complement deficiency. Association in patients with hepatic failure.” Arch Intern Med, vol. 146, no. 8, Aug. 1986, pp. 1539–40.
Ellison RT, Mason SR, Kohler PF, Curd JG, Reller LB. Meningococcemia and acquired complement deficiency. Association in patients with hepatic failure. Arch Intern Med. 1986 Aug;146(8):1539–1540.
Published In
Arch Intern Med
ISSN
0003-9926
Publication Date
August 1986
Volume
146
Issue
8
Start / End Page
1539 / 1540
Location
United States
Related Subject Headings
- Sepsis
- Meningococcal Infections
- Male
- Liver Diseases
- Humans
- General & Internal Medicine
- Complement System Proteins
- Adult
- Acute Disease
- 3202 Clinical sciences