Neisseria meningitidis Serogroup C Causing Primary Arthritis in a Child: Case Report: Erratum.

In the article, “Neisseria meningitidis Serogroup C Causing Primary Arthritis in a Child: Case Report”,[ which appeared in Volume 95, Issue 5 of Medicine, the first four lines of Table 1 are being removed as they were found to not be serogroup C and one study was added. The publication year, age of patients and joints involved were also corrected.

Table 1

Reported cases of primary arthritis with Neisseria meningitidis serogroup C.

The following references were removed from the article.

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