Cardoso HG, Zepeda OG, González SN

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ABSTRACT

We report the case of 11-year-old female, with no previous medical history, who presented cardiac tamponade secondary to purulent pericarditis, caused by Neisseria meningitidis serogroup C. This microorganism is the etiologic agent in 3 to 19% of the cases of purulent pericarditis, most in association with previous or concomitant central nervous system involvement (meningitis). Exceptionally, as in this case, the pericarditis is not accompanied by meningitis (primary meningococcal pericarditis). The patient was treated with antibiotics and pericardiocentesis with excellent response. In Mexico this illness is infrequent and the unusual forms may lead to diagnostic and therapeutics difficulties.

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