Unusual course of meningococcal infection with lethal outcome (brief communication)

Abstract

We present a brief description of lethal case of meningococcal infection in 41 y old women, diagnosed by detection of Neisseria meningitidis in blood and results of histobacterioscopic study with the absence of rash and prominent mononuclear (non purulent) infiltration of soft meninges.

Keywords

• atypical form of meningococcal infection
• histobacterioscopy