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  • Title: [Recurrent meningitis in familial deficiency of the 8th component of the complement system].
    Author: Keller H, Löke S, Hänsch GM, Jentschura D, Gerhard H, Heene DL.
    Journal: Klin Wochenschr; 1987 Apr 15; 65(8):387-90. PubMed ID: 3586574.
    Abstract:
    An 18-year-old man suffered from recurrent bacterial meningitis. Investigation of the complement system revealed deficiency of the 8th complement component (C8) in the patient and his sister. Genetic defects of the terminal complement components C5 to C8 predispose to Neisseria infections, probably due to a lack in bacteriolytic activity. It is to be noted that 1 year ago the patient had been hospitalized for a culture-proved pneumococcal meningitis.
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