Waldenström's disease complicated by recurrent meningococcal arthritis.
Meningococcal arthritis is rare. We report a patient in whom a first episode of meningococcal arthritis revealed Waldenström's disease and who experienced a second episode of meningococcal arthritis 8 years later. We suggest that an impaired immune response secondary to Waldenström's disease favored the recurrence of meningococcal arthritis.
Singwe-Ngandeu
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Division of Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, University Hospital, Geneva, Switzerland.
Buchs
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Rohner
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Gabay
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D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001170:Arthritis, Infectious / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000382:microbiology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D008589:Meningococcal Infections / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000382:microbiology; D008875:Middle Aged; D009345:Neisseria meningitidis / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D012008:Recurrence; D008258:Waldenstrom Macroglobulinemia / Q000150:complications*