Meningococcal salpingitis
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- DOI: 10.1136/sti.52.3.182
Meningococcal salpingitis
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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