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Meningococcal Meningitis with a Benign Skin Rash
Author(s) -
Rubenstein Richard,
Esteriy Nancy B.
Publication year - 1986
Publication title -
pediatric dermatology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.542
H-Index - 73
eISSN - 1525-1470
pISSN - 0736-8046
DOI - 10.1111/j.1525-1470.1986.tb00553.x
Subject(s) - medicine , meningococcal meningitis , meningitis , meningococcal disease , rash , petechial rash , dermatology , neisseria meningitidis , bacterial meningitis , skin infection , pediatrics , surgery , staphylococcus aureus , biology , bacteria , genetics
A skin eruption may be one of the early clues to meningococcal meningitis. We treated a boy with meningococcal disease accompanied by an exanthemlike eruption. Although the skin lesions in meningococcal meningitis are traditionally described as petechial, purpuric, or ecchymotic, the absence of these findings should not deter the physician from a clinical suspicion of this potentially fatal infection.