Atypical presentation of meningococcal meningitis.
We describe a case of meningococcal meningitis which presented as low-grade aseptic meningitis in an immunocompetent adult. Neisseria meningitidis Group B was isolated from cerebrospinal fluid in small numbers on two occasions 5 days apart, while blood cultures remained negative.
D002555:Cerebrospinal Fluid / Q000382:microbiology; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008582:Meningitis, Aseptic / Q000175:diagnosis; D008585:Meningitis, Meningococcal / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000382:microbiology; D008875:Middle Aged; D009345:Neisseria meningitidis / Q000302:isolation & purification