Details

Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Akyol, Ozhan
• Ozkaya-Parlakay, Aslinur
• Uluman, Eda
• Gulhan, Belgin
• Bedir Demirdag, Tugba
• Nar-Otgun, Selin

Titel

A Syrian refugee with meningococcal empyema

Ist Teil von

• Human vaccines & immunotherapeutics, 2020-08, Vol.16 (8), p.1951-1951

Ort / Verlag

United States: Taylor & Francis

Erscheinungsjahr

2020

Quelle

MEDLINE

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• Meningococcal infections are an important cause of mortality and morbidity in childhood. Herein we report a 2-year-old Syrian refugee boy living in Turkey diagnosed with Neisseria meningitidis serotype B infection complicated with intracranial empyema. Refugees are a sensitive population in all aspects especially infectious diseases. Endemic diseases in the refugees' own countries constitute a major health problem. Vaccination in sensitive populations and in the country would be important precaution to decrease disease burden.