title: [Acute pericarditis in meningococcal infection].
abstract: A case of acute pericarditis in a 2 1/2 year-old girl is reported. It appeared 3 days after the onset of a meningococcal meningitis which was favourably influenced by antibiotherapy. This pericarditis was immunologic in origin and disappeared within a few days with corticosteroid therapy. Differential diagnosis between purulent versus non suppurative acute pericarditis in patients with meningococcal bacteriemia is discussed.
authors.affiliation: Service de Pédiatrie, Hôpital A.-Béclère, Clamart.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Hennion-Bernard
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Sidi
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Odièvre
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008585:Meningitis, Meningococcal / Q000150:complications*; D010493:Pericarditis / Q000209:etiology*
vernacular_title: Péricardite aiguë au cours d'une infection méningococcique.