- Culture-negative pericarditis caused by Neisseria meningitidis serogroup C.
Culture-negative pericarditis caused by Neisseria meningitidis serogroup C.
Journal of clinical microbiology (2004-02-10)
Kaoutar Moumile, Etienne Carbonnelle, Philippe Dessemme, Daniel Tamisier, Franck Iserin, Véronique Houdouin, Xavier Nassif, Patrick Berche
PMID14766892
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.