Meningococcal pericarditis in the absence of meningitis.

Pericarditis complicating a case of meningococcal meningitis.

The case is described of an 18-year-old schoolboy who developed pericarditis during the course of meningococcal meningitis; he had evidence of a preceding chronic meningococcaemia. Good recovery followed on systemic antibiotics only. The pericarditis was probably a direct septic complication of meningococcal meningitis.

A rare case of reactive pericardial effusion with cardiac tamponade subsequent to meningococcal meningitis.

We report a case of cardiac tamponade in a child with meningococcal disease. Although purulent meningococcal pericarditis is more frequent in children, we found a reactive pericardial effusion responsive to steroids and consistent with a rare immune-complex associated pericardial involvement.

Systemic manifestations in the course of meningococcal disease.

BACKGROUND/AIM Meningococcal disease most often manifests itself as meningitis or sepsis. During the course of these diseases, other clinical events sometimes develop such as pneumonia, pericarditis, arthritis, and they are referred to as extrameningeal or systemic manifestations of the meningococcal disease. The aim of this study was to investigate the type and the incidence of particular extr...

Meningococcal meningitis complicated by pericarditis, panophthalmitis, and arthritis.

The role of particular strains of Neisseria meningitidis in meningococcal arthritis, pericarditis, and pneumonia.

The clinical presentations of meningococcal diseases other than meningitis or meningococcemia may lead to erroneous diagnosis. Although several reports have described unusual meningococcal diseases, the Neisseria meningitidis strains involved in these forms have been poorly characterized. In this study, meningococcal arthritis and pericarditis were confirmed by isolation of N. meningitidis and/...