A 3-year-old girl is diagnosed for a second time with a life threatening meningi

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A 3-year-old girl is diagnosed for a second time with a life threatening meningitis. The pathogen isolated in both cases is Neisseria Meningitis (meningococcus). Other than that, the girl has been healthy until now. What describes the second incident best?

a. It should alert the health professionals to an inborn complement deficiency.

b. It is most likely caused by a chronic infection of the girl with meningococci.

c. It is a tragic and probably random event.

d. It is probably caused by the inability to activate CD8+ T-cells.

Explanation / Answer

a. It should alert the health professionals to an inborn complement deficiency.

The second incidence of meningitis may be caused due to an inborn compliment deficiency or a dysfunction in the compliment system.

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