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Clinical Pediatrics, Vol. 47, No. 4, 400-403 (2008)
DOI: 10.1177/0009922807310248

Unusual Soft Tissue Manifestations of Neisseria Meningitidis Infections

Ruchi Gupta, MD

Resident in Pediatrics, Driscoll Children's Hospital, Corpus Christi

Fatma Levent, MD

Section of Infectious Diseases, Department of Pediatrics, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX

C. Mary Healy, MD

Section of Infectious Diseases, Department of Pediatrics, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX

Morven S. Edwards, MD

Section of Infectious Diseases, Department of Pediatrics, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, morvene{at}bcm.edu

Soft tissue involvement is an unusual presenting feature for children with meningococcal infection. We describe 2 children, 1 with conjunctivitis and another with a thyroglossal duct cyst abscess associated with Neisseria meningitidis, and review previous reports of these entities to emphasize the broad spectrum of meningococcal disease and pertinent aspects of treatment and of prophylaxis of contacts.

Key Words: Neisseria meningitidis • conjunctivitis • thyroglossal duct cyst


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