Primary meningococcal arthritis: case report and review

E J Giamarellos-Bourboulis; P Grecka; G L Petrikkos; A Toskas; N Katsilambros

Primary meningococcal arthritis: case report and review

Clin Exp Rheumatol. 2002 Jul-Aug;20(4):553-4.

Authors

E J Giamarellos-Bourboulis¹, P Grecka, G L Petrikkos, A Toskas, N Katsilambros

Affiliation

¹ 4th Department of Internal Medicine, University of Athens, Medical School, Greece. giamarel@internet.gr

PMID: 12175114

Abstract

A rare case of primary meningococcal arthritis of a 16-year-old female patient is described. Arthritis involved her left knee and Neisseria meningitidis was isolated from blood and from the synovial fluid. Successful treatment was achieved by the intravenous administration of penicillin G.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Adolescent
Arthritis, Infectious / drug therapy
Arthritis, Infectious / etiology*
Ceftriaxone / therapeutic use
Female
Humans
Meningococcal Infections / complications*
Meningococcal Infections / drug therapy
Neisseria meningitidis / isolation & purification
Neisseria meningitidis / pathogenicity
Penicillin G / therapeutic use
Penicillins / therapeutic use
Treatment Outcome

Substances

Penicillins
Ceftriaxone
Penicillin G