著者

白石 眞 関 一平 安藤 裕康 中澤 暁雄 伊巻 尚平 長嶋 淳三 高木 妙子 山中 郁男

出版者

The Japanese Association for Infectious Diseases

雑誌

感染症学雑誌 (ISSN:03875911)

巻号頁・発行日

vol.75, no.8, pp.692-695, 2001

被引用文献数

4

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A 62-year-male presented a high fever and a dry cough during a trip to Australia. He was admitted to a hospital as soon as be returned to Japan. The next day after returning to Japan, he was transferred to our hospital with septic shock and loss of consciousness. <I>Neisseria meningitidis</I> was cultured from his blood. <I>N. meningitidis</I> is rare in Japan. However its seems common, in some foreign countries. With these findings, it can be postulated that <I>N. meningitides</I> might be one of the etiological agents of the imported infectious disease.