title: The diagnosis of meningococcal disease by culture. Some points of practical importance.
abstract: Meningococcal disease has been a serious problem in Norway for nearly a decade. A nation-wide study of this disease revealed that almost 40% of all cases in clinical practice remained without a microbiological diagnosis. In the hope that this situation can be improved, a brief review is given of information available in the literature concerning collection and handling of microbiological specimens from patients with possible systemic meningococcal disease.
mesh_terms: D001431:Bacteriological Techniques; D003470:Culture Media; D006801:Humans; D008585:Meningitis, Meningococcal / Q000175:diagnosis; D008589:Meningococcal Infections / Q000175:diagnosis*; D009345:Neisseria meningitidis / Q000302:isolation & purification; D018805:Sepsis / Q000175:diagnosis; D013048:Specimen Handling / Q000379:methods
chemical_list: D003470:Culture Media