title: [Atypical meningococcal disease diagnosed with meningococcal antibody test].
abstract: The case histories of three patients with atypical meningococcal disease in whom the diagnosis was established by means of a meningococcal antibody test (MAT) are presented. One patient had clinically atypical, but bacteriologically verified meningococcal disease; the other two patients were primarily suspected of having viral infections. The usefulness of investigation for meningococcal antibodies in serum from patients with assumed meningococcal disease or with fever of unknown origin is stressed.
authors: Statens Seruminstitut, København.
authors: N
authors: N
authors: Weis
authors: O
authors: O
authors: Gøtzsche
authors: K
authors: K
authors: Weischer
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000368:Aged; D000907:Antibodies, Bacterial / Q000032:analysis; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008585:Meningitis, Meningococcal / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000276:immunology; D009345:Neisseria meningitidis / Q000276:immunology
chemical_list: D000907:Antibodies, Bacterial
vernacular_title: Atypisk meningokoksygdom diagnosticeret ved hjaelp af meningokokantistoftest.