Meningococcal meningitis: an atypical case.
A case of meningococcal meningitis is described in a patient who had not received antibiotics before admission. Three lumbar punctures were performed over a seven-day period, but only the cerebrospinal fluid from the third yielded a positive culture. The importance of repeated lumbar punctures in patients with undiagnosed meningitis is emphasized.
D000328:Adult; D002555:Cerebrospinal Fluid / Q000382:microbiology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008161:Lumbosacral Region; D008585:Meningitis, Meningococcal / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000382:microbiology; D009345:Neisseria meningitidis / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D013997:Time Factors