title: Meningococcemia with gangrene; report of the recovery of a case in which meningococci were found in direct blood smears.
authors.forename: L B
authors.initials: LB
authors.lastname: SMITH
authors.forename: E B
authors.initials: EB
authors.lastname: ALPERN
mesh_terms: D016470:Bacteremia; D001686:Biological Phenomena; D005734:Gangrene / Q000209:etiology*; D007239:Infections; D008589:Meningococcal Infections; D009345:Neisseria meningitidis
keywords: GANGRENE/etiology and pathogenesis; MENINGOCOCCI/infection