title: Isolation of Neissseria meningitidis from an unusual site.
abstract: A 59-year-old post-menopausal lady who had returned from a pilgrimage to Mecca about a month earlier presented with a three days' history of profuse vaginal discharge. Neissseria meningitidis was isolated from high vaginal swab specimens taken from her on 2 occasions, five days apart. Her symptoms disappeared without treatment after two weeks. We conclude that although the organism may have been a colonizer, it is possible that it was responsible for the self-limiting genital infection in this patient.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medical Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, University Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. rina@ummc.edu.my
authors.forename: Rina
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Karunakaran
authors.forename: Yun Fong
authors.initials: YF
authors.lastname: Ngeow
authors.forename: Mazita
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Mashor
mesh_terms: D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D009345:Neisseria meningitidis / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D016870:Neisseriaceae Infections / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology*; D017698:Postmenopause; D014621:Vagina / Q000382:microbiology*; D014623:Vaginal Diseases / Q000382:microbiology / Q000473:pathology*