Miguel Fernández-Huerta, Eduardo Lagarejos, Iballa Horcajada, Laura Florén-Zabala, Laura Alonso-Acero, Laura Iglesias-Llorente, Rosa Pedraza-Merino, Estefanía Águila, Raquel Abad, Josep Roca-Grande, Juan José González-López, Ana Bordes-Benítez
Bacterial meningitis is a life-threatening disease, requiring timely diagnosis and rapid onset of antimicrobial therapy. Herein, we describe a case of culture-positive meningococcal meningitis caused by a non-encapsulated strain in an immunocompetent individual. Notably, this case yielded negative results using commercially-available real-time PCR assays.