Meningococcal arthritis in children.
Three recent cases of arthritis associated with meningococcal infection will hopefully draw attention to this not uncommon relationship. The historical evolution of the recognition of this association, treatment and sequelae are reviewed up to the present time. Although surgical evacuation of the affected purulent joint fluid was effective in rapidly resolving the joint findings, its role remains unclear in light of recent evidence suggesting "immune complex" arthropathy.
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