[Meningococcal arthritis (serogroup A) contracted during a pilgrimage to Mecca].
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.
Trylesinski
A
A
Service de Rhumatologie, Centre Hospitalier Général Robert Ballanger, Aulnay-Sous-Bois, France.
Le Pennec
M P
MP
Guibourdenche
M
M
Delauche-Cavallier
M C
MC
Riou
J Y
JY
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
Arthrite méningococcique (sérogroupe A) contractée au cours d'un pélerinage à la Mecque.