Culture-negative pericarditis caused by Neisseria meningitidis serogroup C.
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.
Moumile
Kaoutar
K
Laboratoire de Microbiologie. Unité INSERM U570, Faculté de Necker-Enfants Malades, Malades, Paris, France. kaoutar.moumile@nck.ap-hop-paris.fr
Carbonnelle
Etienne
E
Dessemme
Philippe
P
Tamisier
Daniel
D
Iserin
Franck
F
Houdouin
Véronique
V
Nassif
Xavier
X
Berche
Patrick
P
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
D017931:DNA Primers; D004269:DNA, Bacterial; D004275:DNA, Ribosomal; D012336:RNA, Ribosomal, 16S