Primary meningococcal arthritis associated with adult respiratory distress syndrome.
A previously fit and well 20 year old man with primary meningococcal arthritis of the left knee is described. Despite intensive search there was no evidence of extra-articular meningococcal infection. He subsequently developed adult respiratory distress syndrome as a rare and previously undescribed complication.
Leicester Royal Infirmary.
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D000328:Adult; D001170:Arthritis, Infectious / Q000150:complications* / Q000382:microbiology; D006801:Humans; D007719:Knee Joint / Q000382:microbiology*; D008168:Lung / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D008297:Male; D008589:Meningococcal Infections / Q000150:complications*; D011859:Radiography; D012128:Respiratory Distress Syndrome / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging