title: Acute meningococcemia without meningitis in association with influenza-like illness.
abstract: An outbreak of meningococcal disease in a family of six resulted in four simultaneous cases of meningococcemia without meningitis. Although no definite explanation for this unusual collection of meningococcemia cases could be identified, a preceding influenza-like illness in the family may have increased their susceptibility to meningococcemia.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007251:Influenza, Human / Q000150:complications*; D008589:Meningococcal Infections / Q000150:complications* / Q000209:etiology / Q000235:genetics; D018805:Sepsis / Q000150:complications; D014777:Virus Diseases / Q000150:complications / Q000235:genetics