title: [Pericarditis following meningococcal septicemia without meningitis].
abstract: We report on a 68-year-old female patient with subacute septicemia caused by Neisseria meningitidis type C. While under adequate antibiotic therapy on the 10th day after onset of the initial symptoms, she developed pericarditis with impending cardiac tamponade. The administration of high-dose steroid therapy brought about an immediate improvement in the clinical picture.
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D002305:Cardiac Tamponade / Q000209:etiology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008589:Meningococcal Infections / Q000382:microbiology; D009345:Neisseria meningitidis; D010493:Pericarditis / Q000150:complications / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000209:etiology*; D011241:Prednisone / Q000627:therapeutic use; D018805:Sepsis / Q000150:complications / Q000209:etiology*
chemical_list: D011241:Prednisone
vernacular_title: Perikarditis nach Meningokokkensepsis ohne Meningitis.