title: [Meningococcal arthritis (serogroup A) contracted during a pilgrimage to Mecca].
abstract: Case report of one meningococcal arthritis (serogroup A) acquired during Mecca pilgrimage (August 1987). It was the first case of an outbreak of twenty infections due to Neisseria meningitidis groupe A reported in France from August 1987 to March 1988.
authors.affiliation: Service de Rhumatologie, Centre Hospitalier Général Robert Ballanger, Aulnay-Sous-Bois, France.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Trylesinski
authors.forename: M P
authors.initials: MP
authors.lastname: Le Pennec
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Guibourdenche
authors.forename: M C
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: Delauche-Cavallier
authors.forename: J Y
authors.initials: JY
authors.lastname: Riou
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D001170:Arthritis, Infectious / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000382:microbiology; D005260:Female; D005602:France; D006801:Humans; D009345:Neisseria meningitidis / Q000145:classification / Q000302:isolation & purification; D012529:Saudi Arabia; D012703:Serotyping
vernacular_title: Arthrite méningococcique (sérogroupe A) contractée au cours d'un pélerinage à la Mecque.