Chronic meningococcemia.
A case is reported of a 70-year-old woman with chronic meningococcemia. She had intermittent fever, purpuric papules disseminated on the trunk and limbs, headache, arthralgia and myalgia for 5 weeks. Treatment with ceftriaxone was rapidly successful.
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University Department of Dermatology, Lausanne, Switzerland.
D000368:Aged; D002443:Ceftriaxone / Q000627:therapeutic use; D002908:Chronic Disease; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008589:Meningococcal Infections; D009345:Neisseria meningitidis; D012008:Recurrence; D018805:Sepsis
D002443:Ceftriaxone