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Journal of Tropical Pediatrics 1999 45(6):360-361; doi:10.1093/tropej/45.6.360
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Case report. A child with Neisseria meningitidis endocarditis and Staphylococcus aureus septicaemia

P VenugopalanZ, PC Alexander, G Aithala, RL Koul and AK ShenoyA

Sultan Qaboos University Hospital, Departments of Child Health and A Clinical Microbiology, Muscat, Sultanate of Oman Z Corresponding author address: Child Ward 2, Sultan Qaboos University Hospital, PO Box 38, PC123, Muscat, Sultanate of Oman Tel: 00968 515764 Fax: 00968 513009 E-mail: gopalax@gto.

Neisseria meningitidis infection in children can present either as acute fulminant infection or as chronic infection. It can also present as endocarditis. The association of acute or subacute N.meningitidis infection with endocarditis is, however, not well documented. We report a 3-year-old Omani girl with meningococcaemia and endocarditis caused by N.meningitidis who subsequently developed Staphylococcus aureus superinfection of the skin lesions and septicaemia.


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