title: Culture-negative pericarditis caused by Neisseria meningitidis serogroup C.
abstract: We describe a case of primary purulent culture-negative pericarditis caused by Neisseria meningitidis serogroup C occurring in an 8-month-old previously healthy boy, which was detected in pericardial fluid by broad-spectrum PCR amplification.
authors.affiliation: Laboratoire de Microbiologie. Unité INSERM U570, Faculté de Necker-Enfants Malades, Malades, Paris, France. kaoutar.moumile@nck.ap-hop-paris.fr
authors.forename: Kaoutar
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Moumile
authors.forename: Etienne
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Carbonnelle
authors.forename: Philippe
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Dessemme
authors.forename: Daniel
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Tamisier
authors.forename: Franck
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Iserin
authors.forename: Véronique
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Houdouin
authors.forename: Xavier
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Nassif
authors.forename: Patrick
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Berche
mesh_terms: D001483:Base Sequence; D017931:DNA Primers; D004269:DNA, Bacterial / Q000235:genetics; D004275:DNA, Ribosomal / Q000235:genetics; D006801:Humans; D008589:Meningococcal Infections / Q000175:diagnosis*; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D038542:Neisseria meningitidis, Serogroup C / Q000145:classification / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D010493:Pericarditis / Q000382:microbiology*; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction; D012336:RNA, Ribosomal, 16S / Q000235:genetics
chemical_list: D017931:DNA Primers; D004269:DNA, Bacterial; D004275:DNA, Ribosomal; D012336:RNA, Ribosomal, 16S