title: Pericarditis after meningococcal infection: case report of a child with two distinct episodes.
abstract: Pericarditis is a recognized consequence of meningococcal disease. The incidence among all age groups is 3 to 19%. Repeated episodes of pericarditis after meningococcal disease have been reported previously in two adults but not in children. We describe the clinical and laboratory features of a child with two distinct episodes of pericarditis after Neisseria meningitidis serogroup C infection.
authors.affiliation: Academic Center of Child Health, Barts and the London School of Medicine and Dentistry, Queen Mary University of London, London, UK.
authors.forename: Haitham
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: El Bashir
authors.forename: Robert
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Klaber
authors.forename: Thomas
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Mukasa
authors.forename: Robert
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Booy
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008589:Meningococcal Infections / Q000150:complications*; D010493:Pericarditis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000382:microbiology*