Sandler M A, Pincus P S, Weltman M D, Naudé G E, Kallenbach J M, King P C, Zwi S
Department of Medicine, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg.
S Afr Med J. 1989 Apr 15;75(8):391-3.
Two cases of myocarditis complicating meningococcal septicaemia are presented. Neisseria meningitidis infection with bacteraemia is a common entity but the important complication of myocarditis has not often been described. The autopsy findings in 1 of the 2 patients described further illustrates the significance of myocarditis. The pathology, clinical presentation and management of this complication are briefly discussed.
