Issue: 2004 > April > case report

Meningococcal pericarditis and tamponade



CASE REPORT
M.R.P. Baselier, P.H.J. van Keulen, P. van Wijngaarden, A.M.W. Alings
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Abstract

We report the case of a 37-year-old female with a complex manifestation of serogroup C meningococcal disease. The patient presented with symptoms and signs of pneumonia, sepsis and diffuse intravascular coagulation. Moreover, she suffered from a culture-proven pyogenic pericarditis that deteriorated into cardiac tamponade. Immediate pericardiocentesis was successful and eventually the patient recovered.