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Posttraumatic meningococcal meningitis: case report
1Infectious Disease Branch, Maryland Institute for Emergency Medical Services Systems, Baltimore 21201-1595.
The Journal of Trauma
|December 1, 1991
Abstract:
A case is described of fulminant meningococcal meningitis occurring 1 day after serious head and facial trauma. Although meningococcus is one of the most common causes of bacterial meningitis in general, it is distinctly rare as a cause of posttraumatic meningitis. A review of the literature is included.