Primary oligoarthritis in a parent of a child with meningococcal group B sepsis and meningitis

• Published in: Netherlands journal of medicine Vol. 52; no. 5; pp. 193 - 196
• Main Authors: BONGERS, V, BLAAUW, A. A. M, BIJLSMA, J. W. J, HOEPELMAN, A. I. M
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Alphen aan den Rijn Van zuiden 01.05.1998
• Subjects: Antibiotics, Antitubercular - therapeutic use; Arthritis, Infectious - diagnosis; Arthritis, Infectious - drug therapy; Arthritis, Infectious - etiology; Bacterial arthritis and osteitis; Bacterial diseases; Biological and medical sciences; Ceftriaxone - therapeutic use; Cephalosporins - therapeutic use; Female; Follow-Up Studies; Human bacterial diseases; Humans; Infant; Infectious diseases; Male; Medical sciences; Meningitis, Meningococcal - complications; Meningitis, Meningococcal - diagnosis; Meningitis, Meningococcal - drug therapy; Rifampin - therapeutic use; Sepsis - complications; Sepsis - diagnosis; Sepsis - drug therapy; Human; Nervous system diseases; Parent; Neisseriaceae; Diseases of the osteoarticular system; Arthritis; Neisseria meningitidis; Joint; Infection; Case study; Central nervous system disease; Primary; Arthropathy; Bacteriosis; Bacteria; Micrococcales; Meningitis; Child; Meningococcal disease
• ISSN: 0300-2977; 1872-9061
• DOI: 10.1016/S0300-2977(98)00029-1

The mother of an eight-month-old child with meningitis presented with petechiae on her trunk and lower extremities, fever, and oligoarthritis. Although pathogens were never revealed by Gram stain nor cultured from the aspirated joint fluid, the diagnosis was primary meningococcal arthritis. This diagnosis was based on the simultaneous occurrence of Neisseria meningitidis group B infection in her son and the clinical presentation.