Pericarditis after meningococcal infection: case report of a child with two distinct episodes

Pediatr Infect Dis J. 2004 Mar;23(3):279-81. doi: 10.1097/01.inf.0000115951.41873.07.

Abstract

Pericarditis is a recognized consequence of meningococcal disease. The incidence among all age groups is 3 to 19%. Repeated episodes of pericarditis after meningococcal disease have been reported previously in two adults but not in children. We describe the clinical and laboratory features of a child with two distinct episodes of pericarditis after Neisseria meningitidis serogroup C infection.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adolescent
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Meningococcal Infections / complications*
  • Pericarditis / diagnosis
  • Pericarditis / drug therapy
  • Pericarditis / microbiology*