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The Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal Publish Ahead of Print
DOI: 10.1097/INF.0000000000001966
Delayed Generalized Necrotic Purpuric Rash in a C6-Deficient 12-Year-Old Girl Treated
for Group W Meningococcal Disease
Jean Gaschignard
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, MD, PhD, Nailati Hassani
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, MD, Carine El Sissy
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, MD, Stéphane Bonacorsi
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,
MD, PhD, Stéphane Dauger
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, MD, PhD, Maryline Chomton
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, MD, Muhamed-Kheir Taha
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, MD,
PhD, and Michael Levy
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, MD
1 Pediatric Infectious Disease Unit, Robert-Debré University Hospital, Assistance Publique
Hôpitaux de Paris, Paris, France
2 Immunobiology Unit, Georges Pompidou University Hospital, Assistance Publique Hôpitaux
de Paris, Paris, France
3 Microbiology Unit, Robert-Debré University Hospital, Assistance Publique Hôpitaux de Paris,
Paris, France
4 Pediatric Intensive Care Unit, Robert-Debré University Hospital, Assistance Publique Hôpitaux
de Paris, Paris, France
5 Invasive Bacterial Infection Unit, Institut Pasteur, Paris, France
Corresponding author: Michael Levy, Pediatric Intensive Care Unit, Robert-Debré University
Hospital, 48, boulevard Séruriers, 75019 Paris, France. Tel: +33 140 032 187, Fax: +33 140 032
478, E-mail: levy-michael@live.fr
Running head: Delayed Necrotic Purpura in W Meningococcal Disease
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