Primary meningococcal arthritis: Case report and review of the literature

Military Medicine

Volumn 162, Issue 11, 1997, Pages 769-772

  Wells, Melanie ^a   Gibbons, Robert B ^a  

^a Exempla Saint Joseph Hospital   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFECTIOUS ARTHRITIS; MALE; MENINGOCOCCOSIS; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; PERICARDITIS;

EID: 0030697052     PISSN: 00264075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/milmed/162.11.769     Document Type: Article

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