ReviewBMC infectious diseases2021
Primary meningococcal arthritis in a COVID-19 18-year-old man: a case report and review of the literature.
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- Is meningococcal B vaccination needed in the post-COVID-19 world?Biomedica : revista del Instituto Nacional de Salud · 2025Review
- A Pediatric Case of Serogroup Y Meningococcal Meningitis in a 12-Year-Old Boy Combined with Respiratory Infection of Three Species of Viruses in China.Infection and drug resistance · 2025Article
- Hybrid response to SARS-CoV-2 andHuman vaccines & immunotherapeutics · 2024Article
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- The Diverse Spectrum of Invasive Meningococcal Disease in Pediatric and Adolescent Patients: Narrative Review of Cases and Case Series.Infectious diseases and therapy · 2024Review
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- Lifting the Mask on Musculoskeletal Manifestations of COVID-19: Results of an Interview-Based Study.Open access rheumatology : research and reviews · 2022Article
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Abstract
backgroundSARS-CoV-2 (severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2) infection is associated with various complications. PMA (primary meningococcal arthritis) is a rare meningococcus-associated disease causing arthritis of the knee usually, without any signs of invasive meningococcal disease. No case of PMA in a COVID-19 (coronavirus disease, 2019) patient has yet been described. PMA mainly strikes young adults. PMA is not associated with any immunocompromising condition. It has a better outcome than usual septic arthritis CASE PRESENTATION: Herein, we report an 18-year-old man diagnosed with COVID-19, later admitted with persistent fever, right knee arthralgia and maculopapular rash. Due to family history, psoriasis and Henoch-Schönlein purpura were hypothesized and ruled out. Finally, synovial fluid culture confirmed Neisseria meningitidis serogroup B arthritis without any other symptoms of invasive meningococcal disease. Healing was achieved quickly with surgery and antibiotics. We concluded in a PMA.
conclusionWe describe here the first primary meningococcal arthritis in a COVID-19 patient and we hope to shine a light on this rare but serious complication.
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