Lemierre-like syndrome caused by community-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus complicated by hemorrhagic pericarditis.

Objective: To describe an infant with Lemierre-like syndrome caused by community-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus whose course was complicated by hemorrhagic pericarditis.

Design: Case report.

Setting: A 30-bed, pediatric intensive care unit at a tertiary care children's hospital.

Mollaret's meningitis due to human herpesvirus 6 in an adolescent.

We report the first pediatric case of Mollaret meningitis in an adolescent female with acute lymphoblastic leukemia in remission. This patient had signs and symptoms consistent with meningitis, with three episodes over a 3-month period. Human herpesvirus 6 (HHV-6) was identified during her last episode from polymerase chain reaction assay of a cerebrospinal fluid specimen.