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Journal of Clinical Microbiology, February 2004, p. 923-924, Vol. 42, No. 2
0095-1137/04/$08.00+0     DOI: 10.1128/JCM.42.2.923-924.2004
Copyright © 2004, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.

Culture-Negative Pericarditis Caused by Neisseria meningitidis Serogroup C

Kaoutar Moumile,1* Etienne Carbonnelle,2 Philippe Dessemme,3 Daniel Tamisier,4 Franck Iserin,5 Véronique Houdouin,2 Xavier Nassif,1,2 and Patrick Berche1

Laboratoire de Microbiologie,1 Unité INSERM U570, Faculté de Necker-Enfants Malades,2 Service de Réanimation Pédiatrique,3 Service de Chirurgie Cardiaque,4 Service de Cardiologie Pédiatrique, Hôpital Necker-Enfants Malades, Paris, France5

Received 18 August 2003/ Returned for modification 12 October 2003/ Accepted 3 November 2003

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.

* Corresponding author. Mailing address: Laboratoire de Microbiologie, Hôpital Necker-Enfants Malades, 149 rue de Sèvres, 75015 Paris, France. Phone: 33 (1) 44 49 49 61. Fax: 33 (1) 44 49 49 60. E-mail: kaoutar.moumile{at}nck.ap-hop-paris.fr.

Journal of Clinical Microbiology, February 2004, p. 923-924, Vol. 42, No. 2
0095-1137/04/$08.00+0     DOI: 10.1128/JCM.42.2.923-924.2004
Copyright © 2004, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.



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