Acute pericarditis in meningococcal infection
Hennion-Bernard, C.; Sidi, D.; Odièvre, M.
Archives Francaises de Pediatrie 45(7): 487-488
1988
ISSN/ISBN: 0003-9764 PMID: 3202673 Document Number: 312795
A case of acute pericarditis in a 2 1/2 year-old girl is reported. It appeared 3 days after the onset of a meningococcal meningitis which was favourably influenced by antibiotherapy. This pericarditis was immunologic in origin and disappeared within a few days with corticosteroid therapy. Differential diagnosis between purulent versus non suppurative acute pericarditis in patients with meningococcal bacteriemia is discussed.