The role of particular strains of Neisseria meningitidis in meningococcal arthritis, pericarditis, and pneumonia.
Vienne P, Ducos-Galand M, Guiyoule A, Pires R, Giorgini D, Taha MK, Alonso JM.
Vienne P, et al.
Clin Infect Dis. 2003 Dec 15;37(12):1639-42. doi: 10.1086/379719. Epub 2003 Nov 17.
Clin Infect Dis. 2003.
PMID: 14689345
From 1999 through 2002, meningococcal disease was bacteriologically confirmed in 26 cases of arthritis, 6 cases of pericarditis, and 33 cases of pneumonia by the National Reference Center for the Meningococci in Paris. We found a statistically significant associatio …
From 1999 through 2002, meningococcal disease was bacteriologically confirmed in 26 cases of arthritis, 6 cases of pericarditis, and …