Repeated Neisseria meningitidis septicemias in an individual should raise physician awareness of what underlying condition?

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The killing of Neisseria meningitidis organisms is primarily dependent on complement-mediated cell lysis. Patients with genetic deficiencies in C5 to C8 cannot carry out complement-mediated lysis of bacterial cells and have repeated septicemias with N. meningitidis.

Repeated Neisseria Meningitidis Septicemias in an Individual Should Raise Physician