Answer 84 - Meningococcal infection.
84. The following are recognised complications of meningococcal infection:
a. deafness
b. reactive polyarthritis
c. purulent monoarthritis
d. alopecia
e. pericarditis
All True
The rash in meningococcal infection is characteristically purpuric but may initially be maculopapular.
VIIIth nerve damage resulting in deafness is a recognised complication.
Reactive polyarthritis is not uncommon and is the most likely joint complication.
Telogen effluvium may occur following any serious illness.
