La Revue de médecine interne
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Primary meningococcal arthritis is a rare form of meningococcal disease. It occurs as an isolated acute purulent arthritis without meningitis, and presence of Neisseria meningitidis in articular fluid. We report a new case of typical primary meningococcal arthritis. ⋯ We emphasize the fact that agar cultures of the synovial fluid remained sterile, while N. meningitidis grew in a blood-culture vial. We suggest that diagnosis of primary meningococcal arthritis may be underestimated when inappropriate culture media are used.
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Case Reports
[McDuffie hypocomplementemic urticarial vasculitis. Two cases and review of the literature].
Hypocomplementemic urticarial vasculitis (HUV) described by McDuffie is a rare entity recently individualized among vasculitis. We report two new cases. ⋯ McDuffie HUV is a defensible entity among urticarial vasculitis because of its particular clinical and biological features.
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Letter Case Reports
[A cause of unexplained hyperkalemia: trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole].