[Acute pericarditis in meningococcal infection].
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.
Hennion-Bernard
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Service de Pédiatrie, Hôpital A.-Béclère, Clamart.
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D000208:Acute Disease; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008585:Meningitis, Meningococcal / Q000150:complications*; D010493:Pericarditis / Q000209:etiology*
Péricardite aiguë au cours d'une infection méningococcique.