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Vaginal Isolation of Neisseria Meningitidis in Association with Meningococcaemia
Author(s) -
ReissLevy Elizabeth,
Stephenson John
Publication year - 1976
Publication title -
australian and new zealand journal of medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.596
H-Index - 70
eISSN - 1445-5994
pISSN - 0004-8291
DOI - 10.1111/j.1445-5994.1976.tb03042.x
Subject(s) - neisseria meningitidis , medicine , isolation (microbiology) , vagina , vaginal discharge , ampicillin , neisseriaceae , neisseria gonorrhoeae , rash , cervix , neisseria , meningitis , microbiology and biotechnology , virology , dermatology , gynecology , pediatrics , antibiotics , surgery , bacteria , biology , genetics , cancer
Summary: Vaginal isolation of neisseria meningitidis in association with meningococcaemia. Elizabeth Reiss‐Levy and J. Stephenson, Aust. N.Z. J‐ Med., 1976, 6, pp. 487–489. The isolation of meningococci from the vagina is unusual. This report concerns a young woman who presented with vaginal bleeding and subsequently developed a febrile illness which responded to oral ampicillin. The main clinical features included vomiting and drowsiness followed by a rash and arthritis. Neisseria meningitidis group B was isolated from cultures of a vaginal swab and blood. A brief literature review of genital infections with meningococci is given.