Fatal acute cellulitis due to Neisseria meningitidis.
We describe the first fatal evolution of cellulitis due to Neisseria meningitidis serogroup Y involving an 85-year-old woman. She presented with an extensive cellulitis of the left side of the face, neck, and thorax and septic shock. In spite of active antibiotic therapy, evolution was rapidly fatal.
Cartolano
Gian-Luigi
GL
Department of Microbiology, CHI Poissy-Saint-Germain-en-Laye, 78105 Saint-Germain-en-Laye, France. gianluig@club-internet.fr
Barbier
Christophe
C
Arnoult
Leïla
L
Simon
Didier
D
Ricome
Jean-Louis
JL
Hayon
Jan
J
D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000494:pharmacology; D002481:Cellulitis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000382:microbiology*; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D005260:Female; D005602:France; D006801:Humans; D007769:Lactams; D008585:Meningitis, Meningococcal / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D008826:Microbial Sensitivity Tests; D038581:Neisseria meningitidis, Serogroup Y / Q000187:drug effects / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D012772:Shock, Septic / Q000209:etiology; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed
D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents; D007769:Lactams