Open AccessPERICARDITIS AFTER MENINGOCOCCAL INFECTION: CASE REPORT OF A CHILD WITH TWO DISTINCT EPISODES
Author(s) -
Haitham El Bashir,
Robert Klaber,
Thomas Mukasa,
Robert Booy
Publication year - 2004
Publication title -
the pediatric infectious disease journal/the pediatric infectious disease journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.028
H-Index - 140
eISSN - 1532-0987
pISSN - 0891-3668
DOI - 10.1097/01.inf.0000115951.41873.07
Subject(s) - pericarditis , neisseria meningitidis , medicine , incidence (geometry) , meningococcal disease , meningococcal infections , pediatrics , neisseriaceae , disease , microbiology and biotechnology , antibiotics , biology , bacteria , genetics , physics , optics
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.