Meningococcal salpingitis.
In a case of acute salpingitis a cervical smear showed Gram-negative diplococci but culture showed Neisseria meningitidis, which also cultured from the throat swab. It is suggested that N. meningitidis was the cause of the salpingitis in this case.
D000328:Adult; D000667:Ampicillin / Q000627:therapeutic use; D001431:Bacteriological Techniques; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D009345:Neisseria meningitidis / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D012488:Salpingitis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000382:microbiology*
D000667:Ampicillin