Meningococcal pericarditis and tamponade.
We report the case of a 37-year-old female with a complex manifestation of serogroup C meningococcal disease. The patient presented with symptoms and signs of pneumonia, sepsis and diffuse intravascular coagulation. Moreover, she suffered from a culture-proven pyogenic pericarditis that deteriorated into cardiac tamponade. Immediate pericardiocentesis was successful and eventually the patient recovered.
Baselier
M R P
MR
Amphia Hospital, Breda, The Netherlands. baselier.mrp@hetnet.nl
van Keulen
P H J
PH
van Wijngaarden
P
P
Alings
A M W
AM
D000328:Adult; D002305:Cardiac Tamponade / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000628:therapy; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008589:Meningococcal Infections / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000628:therapy; D038542:Neisseria meningitidis, Serogroup C; D010493:Pericarditis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000628:therapy