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ArticleSAGE open medical case reports2026

Disseminated meningococcal infection presenting with constrictive pericarditis and bilateral septic arthritis without meningitis: A case report.

Mutasim Binidris, Menatalla Shehata, Ahmed Mahfouz, Omar Abousaad, Willington Francis, Muhammed Rafeeq

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Article in SAGE open medical case reports, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors.

Mutasim BinidrisDepartment of Medical Education, Hamad Medical Corporation, Doha, Qatar.ORCID https://orcid.org/0009-0005-9476-1111
Menatalla ShehataDepartment of Medical Education, Hamad Medical Corporation, Doha, Qatar.
Ahmed MahfouzDepartment of Clinical Pharmacy, Heart Hospital, Hamad Medical Corporation, Doha, Qatar.
Omar AbousaadDepartment of Genomics and Precision Medicine, Hamad Bin Khalifa University, Doha, Qatar.
Willington FrancisDepartment of Radiology, Hamad Medical Corporation, Doha, Qatar.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9010-9437
Muhammed RafeeqDepartment of Radiology, Hamad Medical Corporation, Doha, Qatar.ORCID https://orcid.org/0009-0007-7970-6290

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Invasive meningococcal disease is a life-threatening infection that classically presents as meningitis or meningococcemia. Extra-meningeal manifestations, including pericarditis and septic arthritis, are uncommon and may complicate diagnosis, particularly in the absence of meningeal involvement. A previously healthy vaccinated man in his 50s presented with acute bilateral knee pain and swelling following a short history of fever, productive cough, fatigue, and dyspnea. Blood cultures grew

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case reportconstrictive pericarditisNeisseria meningitidisseptic arthritisserogroup W

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PMID42718941
PMCPMC13554543

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