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Exam questionKROK 1Dentistry · 2009

A 5-year-old child has the following symptoms: body temperature up to 40°C, acute headache, vomiting, anxiety, shiver. 4 days later there appeared hemorrhagic skin rash, oliguria and adrenal insufficiency that caused death. Bacteriological examination of pharyngeal smears revealed meningococcus. What form of meningococcal infection was it?

Answer options

  1. Meningococcemia
  2. -
  3. Meningoencephalitis
  4. Meningococcal nasopharyngitis
  5. Meningococcal meningitis
Correct answer

Meningococcemia

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