title: [Serogroup C meningococcemia presenting as pericarditis in a 55-year-old woman without medical history].
abstract: In case of meningococcemia, isolated pericarditis is a rare event with a high mortality rate. We report the clinical and paraclinical signs that lead us to the diagnosis in a 55-year-old woman with favourable evolution. Previously described predisposing factors were no found.
authors.affiliation: Service d'urgences-Smur-réanimation, centre hospitalier de Coulommiers, 77120 Coulommiers, France. adeline.max@gmail.com
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Max
authors.forename: F-X
authors.initials: FX
authors.lastname: Duchateau
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Compagnon
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Rosenstingl
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Fillion
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Bonneton
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Mantz
mesh_terms: D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008589:Meningococcal Infections / Q000382:microbiology*; D008875:Middle Aged; D038542:Neisseria meningitidis, Serogroup C; D010493:Pericarditis / Q000382:microbiology*