Pericarditis after meningococcal infection: case report of a child with two distinct episodes.
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.
El Bashir
Haitham
H
Academic Center of Child Health, Barts and the London School of Medicine and Dentistry, Queen Mary University of London, London, UK.
Klaber
Robert
R
Mukasa
Thomas
T
Booy
Robert
R
D000293:Adolescent; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008589:Meningococcal Infections / Q000150:complications*; D010493:Pericarditis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000382:microbiology*