Pericarditis following meningococcal septicemia without meningitis
Rudolf, T.; Gerber, A.U.
Schweizerische Medizinische Wochenschrift 118(12): 434-437
1988
ISSN/ISBN: 0036-7672 PMID: 3131873 Document Number: 311390
We report on a 68-year-old female patient with subacute septicemia caused by Neisseria meningitidis type C. While under adequate antibiotic therapy on the 10th day after onset of the initial symptoms, she developed pericarditis with impending cardiac tamponade. The administration of high-dose steroid therapy brought about an immediate improvement in the clinical picture.