title: Chronic meningococcemia presenting as a recurrent painful rash without fever in a teenage girl.
abstract: Chronic meningococcemia is a rare diagnosis seen in patients with recurrent fever and rash. We describe a case of chronic meningococcemia in a teenage girl who presented with a recurrent painful rash, without fever, over a period of 8 weeks.
authors.affiliation: From the Department of Pediatrics, State University of New York Upstate Medical University, Syracuse, NY.
authors.forename: Cynthia A
authors.initials: CA
authors.lastname: Bonville
authors.forename: Manika
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Suryadevara
authors.forename: Olamide
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Ajagbe
authors.forename: Joseph B
authors.initials: JB
authors.lastname: Domachowske
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D016470:Bacteremia / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology*; D002908:Chronic Disease; D005076:Exanthema / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008589:Meningococcal Infections / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology*; D009345:Neisseria meningitidis / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D012008:Recurrence