title: Diagnosis of primary meningococcal arthritis using the polymerase chain reaction.
authors.forename: J D
authors.initials: JD
authors.lastname: Edgeworth
authors.forename: J E
authors.initials: JE
authors.lastname: Nicholl
authors.forename: S J
authors.initials: SJ
authors.lastname: Eykyn
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001170:Arthritis, Infectious / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008589:Meningococcal Infections / Q000175:diagnosis*; D009345:Neisseria meningitidis / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction