Culture-negative pericarditis caused by Neisseria meningitidis serogroup C

  • J Clin Microbiol. 2004 Feb;42(2):923-4. doi: 10.1128/JCM.42.2.923-924.2004.
Kaoutar Moumile  1 ,  Etienne Carbonnelle ,  Philippe Dessemme ,  Daniel Tamisier ,  Franck Iserin ,  Véronique Houdouin ,  Xavier Nassif ,  Patrick Berche
Affiliations
  • 1. Laboratoire de Microbiologie. Unité INSERM U570, Faculté de Necker-Enfants Malades, Malades, Paris, France. [email protected]
PMID: 14766892 DOI: 10.1128/JCM.42.2.923-924.2004
Abstract

We describe a case of primary purulent culture-negative pericarditis caused by Neisseria meningitidis serogroup C occurring in an 8-month-old previously healthy boy, which was detected in pericardial fluid by broad-spectrum PCR amplification.

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