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A 3-week-old infant with meningococcal meningitis is described whose clinical course was complicated by paraparesis and urinary retention. This rare complication of meningococcal meningitis has not previously been reported in the neonatal age group.
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Kirkpatrick, M., Brooker, R.J., Helms, P.J. et al. Spinal cord dysfunction in neonatal meningococcal meningitis. Eur J Pediatr 153, 367–368 (1994). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01956421
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01956421