Costa, Laura and Carvalho, Diana and Coelho, Elisabete and Leal, Dina and Lencastre, Luís (2021) Purulent Pericarditis: Is It Really a Disease of the Past? European Journal of Case Reports in Internal Medicine, 8 (7). pp. 1-3. ISSN 2284-2594
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Abstract
The authors present a case of purulent pericarditis probably secondary to respiratory infection, a rare entity in the antibiotic era. Pericardial fluid analysis identified streptococci and oral anaerobes as the causative agents. A prolonged and complicated diagnostic and therapeutic course, which included a long stay in the intensive care unit, is described, and a review of purulent pericarditis provided. Pericardial effusion, particularly in the setting of concomitant respiratory infection and immunocompromise or other risk factors, should raise the suspicion of bacterial pericarditis and prompt its timely diagnosis and treatment. Purulent pericarditis can be lethal and has potentially severe complications, so adequate antimicrobial therapy and source control are key.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | Bacterial pericarditis, secondary pericarditis, acute mediastinitis, pericardiocentesis |
| Subjects: | 600 Tecnologia - Scienze applicate 600 Tecnologia - Scienze applicate > 610 Medicina e salute (Classificare qui la tecnologia dei servizi medici) 600 Tecnologia - Scienze applicate > 610 Medicina e salute (Classificare qui la tecnologia dei servizi medici) > 616 Malattie (classificare qui la Clinica medica, la medicina basata sull'evidenza, la Medicina interna, la Medicina sperimentale) |
| Depositing User: | Marina Spanti |
| Date Deposited: | 25 Jan 2022 15:54 |
| Last Modified: | 25 Jan 2022 15:54 |
| URI: | http://eprints.bice.rm.cnr.it/id/eprint/21433 |
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