title: [Meningococcal pneumonia].
abstract: Meningococci can cause primary bacterial pneumonia. The clinical picture is non-specific and the clinical course leads to meningeal infection. Diagnosis is based on isolation of Neisseria meningitidis in lung samples. Outcome is usually favourable.
authors.affiliation: Service de Pneumologie, Centre Hospitalier, Niort.
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Bourlaud
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Bodin
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: d'Arlhac
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008589:Meningococcal Infections / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000635:transmission; D008875:Middle Aged; D018410:Pneumonia, Bacterial / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000635:transmission
vernacular_title: La pneumonie à méningocoque.