Case Report of Acute Peritonitis with Blood Infection of Neisseria meningitidis

摘要

Neisseria meningitidis(N.meningtitidis)is a gram negative diplococcus.Neisseria meningitidis(meningococcus)was first identified in the cerebrospinal fluid of a patient with meningitis in 1887 by Weichselbaum,and the epidemic was traced back to 1805[1].The serogroups A,B,C,W,X,and Y were the most frequent causes of meningococcal diseased[1].N.meningitidis usually colonizes the human nasopharynx[2].The common clinical manifestations of invasive N.meningitidis infection are meningococcemia and acute meningitis[2].Some patients with meningococcal disease may present with pneumonia,arthritis,pericarditis,conjunctivitis,epiglottitis,sinusitis,otitis,urethritis,and proctitis[2].However,patients rarely present with acute peritonitis initially.