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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
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Affiliation

  • 1 Laboratoire de Microbiologie. Unité INSERM U570, Faculté de Necker-Enfants Malades, Malades, Paris, France. kaoutar.moumile@nck.ap-hop-paris.fr
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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