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Case Reports
. 1975 Jan;20(1):37-8.
doi: 10.1177/003693307502000111.

Neisseria catarrhalis septicaemia in acute lymphoblastic leukaemia

A K Burnett, D J Easton, A M Gordon, R M Rowan
Case Reports

Neisseria catarrhalis septicaemia in acute lymphoblastic leukaemia

A K Burnett et al. Scott Med J. 1975 Jan.

Abstract

A case of septicaemia due to Neisseria catarrhalis occurring in an immunosuppressed individual is described. The clinical syndrome closely resembled that of N. meningitidis septicaemia. The potential pathogenicity in the immunosuppressed patient, of organisms usually considered harmless is stressed.

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