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Myopericarditis with cardiac tamponade caused byNeisseria meningitidis serogroup W135

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A case of primary myopericarditis in a previously healthy 19-year-old man is described. The patient presented with chest pain, fever, dyspnoea and arthalgia. Cardiac tamponade developed on the fifth day with recurrence on the seventh day, while meningitis never developed. Blood cultures grewNeisseria meningitidis serogroup W135. The patient was treated with penicillin, pericardiocentesis and prednisone. He recovered without sequelae.

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  1. Department of Clinical Microbiology, Aalborg Hospital, Hobrovej 18-22, 9000, Aalborg, Denmark

    T. Ejlertsen

  2. Department of Cardiology, Aalborg Hospital, Hobrovej 18-22, 9000, Aalborg, Denmark

    T. Vesterlund & E. B. Schmidt

  3. Department of Geriatrics, Aalborg Hospital, Hobrovej 18-22, 9000, Aalborg, Denmark

    E. B. Schmidt

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Ejlertsen, T., Vesterlund, T. & Schmidt, E.B. Myopericarditis with cardiac tamponade caused byNeisseria meningitidis serogroup W135. Eur. J. Clin. Microbiol. Infect. Dis. 7, 403–404 (1988). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01962346

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