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A Case of Meningococcal Meningitis with Complement 9 Deficiency
Sun-Mee Choi, Kyung-Yil Lee, Hyung-Shin Lee, Ja-Hyun Hong, Mi-Hee Lee, Byung-Churl Lee
Clin Exp Pediatr. 2005;48(1):101-103.   Published online January 15, 2005
Meningococcal disease is not rarely associated with abnormalities of the complement system. We experienced a case of C9 deficiency with meningococcal meningitis from a 12-year-old girl. Identification of complement deficiency has implications for management, including family studies, prophylaxis, vaccination, and altered threshold for infection screening and treatment.