Unusual presentation of meningococcal meningitis in the elderly and utility of CSF PCR testing

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Elizabeth RansonDebika Bhattacharya

Abstract

We present an unusual case of a previously healthy 74-year-old man who presented with diffuse weakness, severe myalgias, petechial palmar rash and hypotension, but without fever, altered mental status, nuchal rigidity or headache, who was ultimately found through PCR testing to have meningococcal meningitis.

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