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Case Reports
. 1976 Jun;52(3):182-3.
doi: 10.1136/sti.52.3.182.

Meningococcal salpingitis

Case Reports

Meningococcal salpingitis

F E Willmott. Br J Vener Dis. 1976 Jun.

Abstract

In a case of acute salpingitis a cervical smear showed Gram-negative diplococci but culture showed Neisseria meningitidis, which also cultured from the throat swab. It is suggested that N. meningitidis was the cause of the salpingitis in this case.

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