Primary meningococcal arthritis in a child: case report and literature review.
We present a case of primary meningococcal arthritis in an 8-month-old immunocompetent female. We also review 18 additional paediatric cases and characterize this unique form of meningococcal disease.
Bilavsky
Efraim
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Department of Paediatrics C, Schneider Children's Medical Center of Israel, Petach Tikva and Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel.
Yarden-Bilavsky
Havatzelet
H
Zevit
Noam
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Amir
Jacob
J
D000293:Adolescent; D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D001170:Arthritis, Infectious / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000473:pathology; D002444:Cefuroxime / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D004551:Elbow Joint; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D008589:Meningococcal Infections / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000473:pathology; D009345:Neisseria meningitidis / Q000302:isolation & purification; D016896:Treatment Outcome
D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents; D002444:Cefuroxime