Høiby E A, Sandven P, Solberg O
NIPH Ann. 1983 Dec;6(2):205-9.
Meningococcal disease has been a serious problem in Norway for nearly a decade. A nation-wide study of this disease revealed that almost 40% of all cases in clinical practice remained without a microbiological diagnosis. In the hope that this situation can be improved, a brief review is given of information available in the literature concerning collection and handling of microbiological specimens from patients with possible systemic meningococcal disease.
