meningococcal infections/potassium

The incidence of meningococcal disease in childhood has risen over the past decade. Mortality remains high for those who develop septic shock and purpura fulminans. Poor perfusion, hypotension, and loss of intravascular circulating volume may be expected to influence both mineralocorticoid and

Serum phosphorus showing anomaly low values: 2.47 +/- 0.41 mg/dl (p less than 0.001) were determined within the first hours of admittance in 18 children with meningococcal infection. In another 10 renal clearance was performed founding phosphatemias of 2.35 +/- 0.37 mg/dl (p less than 0.002),

BACKGROUND Incidence of meningococcal diseases and sepsis caused by a new invasive strain of Neisseria meningitidis group C: 2a: P 1,2 has been observed in the Czech republic within the last 3 years. In 1994 the highest incidence of this disease was in the West region. Ten of the most critically ill