Emerg Infect Dis

eid

Emerging Infectious Diseases

1080-60401080-6059

Centers for Disease Control

11076725

2640927

Research Article

Meningococcemia in a patient coinfected with hepatitis C virus and HIV.

Nelson

C. G.

Iler

M. A.

Woods

C. W.

Bartlett

J. A.

Fowler

V. G.

Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina 27710, USA.

Nov-Dec2000

66646648

We describe the first reported case of meningococcemia in a patient coinfected with hepatitis C virus and HIV. Hypocomplementemia secondary to hepatic dysfunction may have enhanced the patient's susceptibility to meningococcal infection.