title: Fatal acute cellulitis due to Neisseria meningitidis.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Microbiology, CHI Poissy-Saint-Germain-en-Laye, 78105 Saint-Germain-en-Laye, France. gianluig@club-internet.fr
authors.forename: Gian-Luigi
authors.initials: GL
authors.lastname: Cartolano
authors.forename: Christophe
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Barbier
authors.forename: Leïla
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Arnoult
authors.forename: Didier
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Simon
authors.forename: Jean-Louis
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Ricome
authors.forename: Jan
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Hayon
mesh_terms: 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
chemical_list: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents; D007769:Lactams