Chronic meningococcaemia: a case report.
Chronic meningococcaemia (CM), caused by the bacterium Neisseria meningitidis is reported in a 27-year-old Indonesian man. The main symptoms were intermittent fever, skin rash and arthralgia. The pathogenesis, symptoms, differential diagnoses and treatment of CM are discussed.
Kruijtzer
C M
CM
Department of Internal Medicine, Maria Hospital, Tilburg, Netherlands.
Buiting
A G
AG
Graafsma
S J
SJ
D000328:Adult; D018771:Arthralgia / Q000209:etiology; D016470:Bacteremia / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000209:etiology*; D002908:Chronic Disease; D005334:Fever / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D007262:Infusions, Intravenous; D008297:Male; D008589:Meningococcal Infections / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000209:etiology*; D009345:Neisseria meningitidis / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D010406:Penicillins / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000627:therapeutic use; D017192:Skin Diseases, Bacterial / Q000209:etiology
D010406:Penicillins