title: Meningococcal pericarditis and tamponade.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Amphia Hospital, Breda, The Netherlands. baselier.mrp@hetnet.nl
authors.forename: M R P
authors.initials: MR
authors.lastname: Baselier
authors.forename: P H J
authors.initials: PH
authors.lastname: van Keulen
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: van Wijngaarden
authors.forename: A M W
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Alings
mesh_terms: 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