Pericarditis following meningococcic meningitis

Am J Dis Child. 1973 Aug;126(2):265-7. doi: 10.1001/archpedi.1973.02110190235026.
No abstract available

MeSH terms

  • Ampicillin / therapeutic use
  • Anemia / etiology
  • Cardiomegaly / etiology
  • Carrier State / prevention & control
  • Cerebrospinal Fluid / microbiology
  • Dehydration / etiology
  • Drainage
  • Electrocardiography
  • Fever / etiology
  • Heart Auscultation
  • Heart Rate
  • Humans
  • Infant
  • Male
  • Meningitis, Meningococcal / complications*
  • Meningitis, Meningococcal / drug therapy
  • Meningitis, Meningococcal / prevention & control
  • Neisseria meningitidis / isolation & purification
  • Pericardial Effusion / surgery
  • Pericarditis / complications
  • Pericarditis / etiology*
  • Pharynx / microbiology
  • Splenomegaly / etiology
  • Sulfisoxazole / therapeutic use

Substances

  • Sulfisoxazole
  • Ampicillin