Meningococcal pericarditis in a 2-year-old child: Reactive or infectious?

Authors
Beggs, S Marks, M
Citation
S. Beggs et M. Marks, Meningococcal pericarditis in a 2-year-old child: Reactive or infectious?, J PAEDIAT C, 36(6), 2000, pp. 606-608
Citations number
18
Categorie Soggetti
Pediatrics
Journal title
JOURNAL OF PAEDIATRICS AND CHILD HEALTH
ISSN journal
10344810 → ACNP
Volume
36
Issue
6
Year of publication
2000
Pages
606 - 608
Database
ISI
SICI code
1034-4810(200012)36:6<606:MPIA2C>2.0.ZU;2-N
Abstract
Pericarditis is an uncommon manifestation of infection of Neisseria meningi tidis. Pericarditis may be caused by direct invasion or immune-complex-medi ated (reactive) inflammation. We outline the case of a two-year-old girl wi th probable reactive pericarditis, review the cases reported in the English literature since 1966 and discuss the pathogenesis of meningococcal perica rditis.