Rozina Iagăru *, Dorina Duma *, Monica Luminos *, Elena Mitache *
* Dr. Rozina Iagăru – medic primar, șef de secție; Dr. Dorina Duma, Dr. Monica Luminos – șef lucrări UMF, Dr. Elena Mitache – Spitalul clinic boli infecțioase “Colentina”, București
Abstract
Meningococcal infection may evoluate from asymptomatic carriage to bacteriemia without sepsis, meningococcemia without meningitis, meningitis and other manifestations. The most affected children are under 5 years old. The authors present the last theoretical informations about systemic meningococcal infection and illustrate it with two cases report: a purpura fulminans without meningitis, with shock, disseminated intravascular coagulation and rapid death within a few hours after onset; a meningitis with purpura, hearing loss, myocardit, iscoronary vasculitis and arthritis.