Primary Meningococcal Septic Arthritis of the Ankle Joint: A Case Report

Abstract We present the case of a healthy 18-year-old female who presented with history of an acute onset, painful, swollen right ankle joint. Microbiologic samples from the ankle aspirate grew Neisseria meningitidis . She had had no previous contact with a patient with meningitis nor any existing o...

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Veröffentlicht in:	The Journal of foot and ankle surgery 2014-03, Vol.53 (2), p.216-218
Hauptverfasser:	Gee, Christopher, MSc, MRCSEd, Tandon, Tarang, MRCS, Avasthi, Adish, MRCS, Jerwood, Susie, MRCP, FRCPath, Rao, Biyyam M., FRCS (Tr and Orth), Cavanagh, Simon, FRCS (Tr and Orth)
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Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Adolescent Analytic Profiling Index Ankle Joint - microbiology antibiotic Arthritis, Infectious - diagnosis Arthritis, Infectious - microbiology Arthritis, Infectious - therapy arthrotomy cephalosporin Female Humans Meningococcal Infections - diagnosis Meningococcal Infections - microbiology Meningococcal Infections - therapy Meninogococcus Neisseria Neisseria meningitidis - isolation & purification Orthopedics polymerase chain reaction
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