Emerging Meningococcal B Meningitis in Japan: A Case Report of a 50-Year-Old Japanese Man with Diabetes

Kazuhiro Ishikawa; Hideyuki Takahashi; Yukihiro Akeda; Nobuyoshi Mori

doi:10.12659/AJCR.943973

16 July 2024 : Case report Japan

Emerging Meningococcal B Meningitis in Japan: A Case Report of a 50-Year-Old Japanese Man with Diabetes

Unknown etiology, Challenging differential diagnosis, Diagnostic / therapeutic accidents, Management of emergency care, Rare disease, Educational Purpose (only if useful for a systematic review or synthesis)

Kazuhiro Ishikawa

^1ABDEF*, Hideyuki Takahashi^2CDE, Yukihiro Akeda^2CDE, Nobuyoshi Mori

^1ACEF

DOI: 10.12659/AJCR.943973

Am J Case Rep 2024; 25:e943973

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Figure 1. Gram stain in cerebrospinal fluid showed many polymorphic cells and high, rapidly phagocytosed gram-positive diplococci (red arrow).

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