Chronic Meningococcemia

Abstract

IN recent years there has been justifiable criticism concerning the indiscriminate use of antimicrobials. In my experience it has been unusual to encounter a patient referred because of unexplained fever who has not already received one or more of these agents. Before the introduction of sulfonamides, chronic meningococcemia was not rare.¹ The sensitivity of the meningococcus to many antimicrobials used either indiscriminately or with discernment has made chronic meningococcemia a rare disease at present in this country. It is the purpose of this report to describe chronic meningococcemia in a patient who had the disease for three and a half . . .