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Case Reports
. 1985 Nov;44(11):790-2.
doi: 10.1136/ard.44.11.790.

Clinical features of meningococcal arthritis: a report of four cases

B L Kidd, H H Hart, R R Grigor
Case Reports

Clinical features of meningococcal arthritis: a report of four cases

B L Kidd et al. Ann Rheum Dis. 1985 Nov.

Abstract

Four patients with Neisseria meningitidis infection complicated by arthritis are described. Three patients had an acute polyarthritis which responded quickly to antimicrobial therapy. A fourth patient developed a prolonged arthritis which occurred after the initial infection had been successfully treated. Tenosynovitis occurred as a complication in one case. Attention is drawn to possible confusion with gonococcal infection, and postulated pathological mechanisms are discussed.

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