%0 Journal Article %1 winstead_meningococcal_2000 %A Winstead, J M %A McKinsey, D S %A Tasker, S %A Groote, M A De %A Baddour, L M %D 2000 %J Clinical Infectious Diseases: An Official Publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America %K Age Agents, Bacterial, Distribution Distribution, Female, Humans, Infections, Male, Meningococcal Neisseria Pneumonia, Serotyping, Sex meningitidis, {Anti-Bacterial} %N 1 %P 87--94 %R 10.1086/313617 %T Meningococcal pneumonia: characterization and review of cases seen over the past 25 years %U http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/10619738 %V 30 %X Fifty-eight cases of meningococcal pneumonia were included in this review. Fifty cases previously described in the literature from 1974 through 1998 and 8 new cases were included in this series. The median age of patients was 57.5 years, and pleuritic chest pain was described in 21 (53.9\%) of 39 cases. Blood cultures were positive in 42 (79.3\%) of 53 cases for which results were mentioned. Despite the presence of bacteremia, patients did not develop the syndrome of meningococcemia with its associated complications. Serogroup Y meningococci were most commonly recovered and accounted for 44.2\% of identified isolates. Therapy has dramatically changed over the past 25 years; prior to 1991, penicillin antibiotics were most often used. Since 1991, 12 (80\%) of 15 patients received cephalosporin antibiotics. Only 5 (8.62\%) of 58 patients died. Secondary cases of meningococcal infections following exposure to patients with meningococcal pneumonia were noted in 2 instances.

@article{winstead_meningococcal_2000, abstract = {Fifty-eight cases of meningococcal pneumonia were included in this review. Fifty cases previously described in the literature from 1974 through 1998 and 8 new cases were included in this series. The median age of patients was 57.5 years, and pleuritic chest pain was described in 21 (53.9\%) of 39 cases. Blood cultures were positive in 42 (79.3\%) of 53 cases for which results were mentioned. Despite the presence of bacteremia, patients did not develop the syndrome of meningococcemia with its associated complications. Serogroup Y meningococci were most commonly recovered and accounted for 44.2\% of identified isolates. Therapy has dramatically changed over the past 25 years; prior to 1991, penicillin antibiotics were most often used. Since 1991, 12 (80\%) of 15 patients received cephalosporin antibiotics. Only 5 (8.62\%) of 58 patients died. Secondary cases of meningococcal infections following exposure to patients with meningococcal pneumonia were noted in 2 instances.}, added-at = {2011-03-11T10:05:34.000+0100}, author = {Winstead, J M and {McKinsey}, D S and Tasker, S and Groote, M A De and Baddour, L M}, biburl = {https://www.bibsonomy.org/bibtex/2fb93a4f9cbdcc887bcacd14cdb8ade1e/jelias}, doi = {10.1086/313617}, interhash = {1bdf4b892a277bdef3a2112e2847d55c}, intrahash = {fb93a4f9cbdcc887bcacd14cdb8ade1e}, issn = {1058-4838}, journal = {Clinical Infectious Diseases: An Official Publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America}, keywords = {Age Agents, Bacterial, Distribution Distribution, Female, Humans, Infections, Male, Meningococcal Neisseria Pneumonia, Serotyping, Sex meningitidis, {Anti-Bacterial}}, month = jan, note = {{PMID:} 10619738}, number = 1, pages = {87--94}, shorttitle = {Meningococcal pneumonia}, timestamp = {2011-03-11T10:05:57.000+0100}, title = {Meningococcal pneumonia: characterization and review of cases seen over the past 25 years}, url = {http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/10619738}, volume = 30, year = 2000 }