title: A Case of Meningococcal Pyomyositis in an Otherwise Healthy Adult.
abstract: The clinical spectrum ofNeisseria meningitidiscan range from nasopharyngeal colonization to life-threatening invasive diseases such as meningitis. However, its etiologic role in invasive pyomyositis (PM) has never been reported before in the English language. In this study, we report the first case of PM in the English language and the second case in the literature caused byN meningitidis.
authors.affiliation: Division of Gastroenterology & Hepatology.
authors.forename: Monique T
authors.initials: MT
authors.lastname: Barakat
authors.affiliation: Division of Infectious Disease & Geographic Medicine.
authors.forename: Kiran
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Gajurel
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine.
authors.forename: Katrina
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Fischer
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology.
authors.forename: Kathryn
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Stevens
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine.
authors.forename: Errol
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Ozdalga
authors.affiliation: Division of Infectious Diseases and Geographic Medicine, Stanford University School of Medicine; Toxoplasma Serology Laboratory, National Reference Center for the Study and Diagnosis of Toxoplasmosis, Palo Alto, California.
authors.forename: José G
authors.initials: JG
authors.lastname: Montoya
keywords: Neisseria meningitidis; cellulitis; meningococcus; myositis; pyomyositis