Vaginal isolation of Neisseria meningitidis in association with meningococcaemia.
The isolation of meningococci from the vagina is unusual. This report concerns a young woman who presented with vaginal bleeding and subsequently developed a febrile illness which responded to oral ampicillin. The main clinical features included vomiting and drowsiness followed by a rash and arthritis. Neisseria meningitidis group B was isolated from cultures of a vaginal swab and blood. A brief literature review of genital infections with meningococci is given.
D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008589:Meningococcal Infections / Q000382:microbiology*; D009345:Neisseria meningitidis / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D018805:Sepsis / Q000382:microbiology*; D014621:Vagina / Q000382:microbiology*