Neisseria meningitidis presenting as acute abdomen and recurrent reactive pericarditis
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Título da fonte: | Brazilian Journal of Infectious Diseases |
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Resumo: | ABSTRACT Meningococcal meningitis is a well established potential fatal infection characterized by fever, headache, petechial rash, and vomiting in the majority of cases. However, protean manifestations including abdominal pain, sore throat, diarrhea and cough, even though rare, should not be overlooked. Similarly, although disseminated infection could potentially involve various organ-targets, secondary immune related complications including joints or pericardium should be dealt with caution, since they remain unresponsive to appropriate antibiotic regimens. We hereby report the rare case of an otherwise healthy adult female, presenting with acute abdominal pain masking Neisseria meningitidis serotype B meningitis, later complicated with recurrent reactive pericarditis despite appropriate antibiotic treatment. There follows a review of current literature. |
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Neisseria meningitidis presenting as acute abdomen and recurrent reactive pericarditis |
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Neisseria meningitidis presenting as acute abdomen and recurrent reactive pericarditis |
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Neisseria meningitidis presenting as acute abdomen and recurrent reactive pericarditis Akinosoglou,Karolina Reactive pericarditis Neisseria meningitidis Meningococcal meningitis |
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Neisseria meningitidis presenting as acute abdomen and recurrent reactive pericarditis |
title_full |
Neisseria meningitidis presenting as acute abdomen and recurrent reactive pericarditis |
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Neisseria meningitidis presenting as acute abdomen and recurrent reactive pericarditis |
title_full_unstemmed |
Neisseria meningitidis presenting as acute abdomen and recurrent reactive pericarditis |
title_sort |
Neisseria meningitidis presenting as acute abdomen and recurrent reactive pericarditis |
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Akinosoglou,Karolina |
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Akinosoglou,Karolina Alexopoulos,Angelos Koutsogiannis,Nikolaos Gogos,Charalampos Lekkou,Aleksandra |
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Alexopoulos,Angelos Koutsogiannis,Nikolaos Gogos,Charalampos Lekkou,Aleksandra |
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Akinosoglou,Karolina Alexopoulos,Angelos Koutsogiannis,Nikolaos Gogos,Charalampos Lekkou,Aleksandra |
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Reactive pericarditis Neisseria meningitidis Meningococcal meningitis |
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Reactive pericarditis Neisseria meningitidis Meningococcal meningitis |
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ABSTRACT Meningococcal meningitis is a well established potential fatal infection characterized by fever, headache, petechial rash, and vomiting in the majority of cases. However, protean manifestations including abdominal pain, sore throat, diarrhea and cough, even though rare, should not be overlooked. Similarly, although disseminated infection could potentially involve various organ-targets, secondary immune related complications including joints or pericardium should be dealt with caution, since they remain unresponsive to appropriate antibiotic regimens. We hereby report the rare case of an otherwise healthy adult female, presenting with acute abdominal pain masking Neisseria meningitidis serotype B meningitis, later complicated with recurrent reactive pericarditis despite appropriate antibiotic treatment. There follows a review of current literature. |
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2016 |
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