title: Acute right-sided heart failure caused by Neisseria meningitidis.
abstract: Meningococcal myocarditis is a rarely diagnosed infection and could be the consequence of primary invasive infection or late immunologic complications. An unusual presentation of meningococcemia in an immunocompetent adult is described, with Neisseria meningitidis identified as the cause of selective right-sided heart failure in a case of acute myocarditis.
authors.affiliation: Medical Intensive Care Unit, European Georges Pompidou Hospital, Assistance Publique—Hôpitaux de Paris, Paris—Descartes University, Paris, France.
authors.forename: Guillaume
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Taldir
authors.forename: Perrine
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Parize
authors.forename: Philippe
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Arvis
authors.forename: Christophe
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Faisy
mesh_terms: D016470:Bacteremia / Q000150:complications* / Q000382:microbiology / Q000473:pathology; D006321:Heart / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006333:Heart Failure / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D008589:Meningococcal Infections / Q000150:complications* / Q000382:microbiology / Q000473:pathology; D008875:Middle Aged; D009205:Myocarditis / Q000150:complications* / Q000382:microbiology / Q000473:pathology; D009345:Neisseria meningitidis / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D011859:Radiography