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Purulent pericarditis caused by Nocardia: a case report and literature review [PDF]

Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine
Purulent pericarditis caused by Nocardia, a rare opportunistic infection associated with a high mortality, is frequently misdiagnosed as Mycobacterium tuberculosis (MTB) or other bacterial infections.
Xinxin Zhong, Ao Lin, Fu Cao, Shihao Jiang, Yuying Ruan, Shuting Li, Li Zhong, Zhiyi He, Jian Luo   +8 more
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A Rare Case of Primary Purulent Pericarditis Caused by Streptococcus constellatus [PDF]

Medicina, 2023
Background: Bacteria-caused acute pericarditis is a very rare entity. It is usually associated with an underlying infection or compromised immune system. Primary purulent pericarditis in a previously healthy individual is highly unexpected; therefore, it
Medeinė Kapačinskaitė, Dovilė Gabartaitė, Agnė Šatrauskienė, Ieva Sakaitė, Vytė Valerija Maneikienė, Aleksejus Zorinas, Vilius Janušauskas   +6 more
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Actinomyces odontolyticus: Rare Etiology for Purulent Pericarditis [PDF]

Case Reports in Medicine, 2014
Purulent pericarditis is one of the most common causes of cardiac tamponade and if left untreated has a mortality of 100%. Staphylococcus aureus and Streptococcus pneumonia have been implicated as the main etiology of purulent pericardial effusion ...
Ryan Mack, Kipp Slicker, Shekhar Ghamande, Salim R. Surani   +3 more
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Case report of an unusual combination of purulent pericarditis and false aneurysm of the ascending aorta [PDF]

Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery, 2018
Background Purulent pericarditis is an uncommon entity, which is, in very rare cases, associated to infection of the aorta. Case presentation We present the case of a 42-year-old male patient, who was admitted to hospital complaining of tiredness ...
David Meier, Matthias Kirsch, Salah Dine Qanadli, Olivier Muller, Daniel Fishman, Catalina Trana   +5 more
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Primary purulent bacterial pericarditis due to Streptococcus intermedius in an immunocompetent adult: a case report [PDF]

Journal of Medical Case Reports, 2018
Background Acute purulent bacterial pericarditis is of rare occurrence in this modern antibiotic era. Primary involvement of the pericardium without evidence of underlying infection elsewhere is even rarer. It is a rapidly progressive infection with high
Mohammad Saud Khan, Zubair Khan, Bhavana Siddegowda Banglore, Ghattas Alkhoury, Laura Murphy, Claudiu Georgescu   +5 more
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Purulent Pericarditis Following Endobronchial Biopsy of Lymph Node (4R) [PDF]

JACC: Case Reports
Background: Purulent pericarditis is a rare but life-threatening complication of endobronchial ultrasound-guided fine-needle aspiration (EBUS-FNA) of intrathoracic lesions. Case Summary: A 65-year-old man with hypertension and hearing loss presented with
Vijay Gupta, MD, MSc, Marie-Eve Mathieu, MD, Shaun A. Hanycz, MD, Bryan Stringer, MD, Luiz F. Ybarra, MD, PhD, MBA   +4 more
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Point-of-care ultrasonography for diagnosis of purulent pericarditis postappendectomy: a case report [PDF]

Einstein (São Paulo)
Purulent pericarditis is rare condition in the modern era of antibiotics. However, it is a serious condition as it has an accelerated progression and is difficult to diagnose due to its nonspecific clinical presentation, resulting in high mortality ...
José Alexandre Neto, Emanuel Pinheiro Esposito, Marcus Gomes Bastos, Cenilde da Costa Araújo, Luan Moraes Ferreira, Apollo Vinícius Fernandes Neves   +5 more
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A rare case of purulent pericarditis arising from a hepato-pericardial fistula [PDF]

Turkish Journal of Emergency Medicine
Purulent pericarditis is a rare but severe complication of bacterial pericarditis, often secondary to intrathoracic infections, and can cause a hepatic abscess that ruptures into the pericardium, which is an uncommon symptom with a high mortality rate if
Khaled Alaboud Alkheder, Omar Farooq Al-Nahhas, Yousif Basim Al-Khafaji, Ammar Alshirazi Alssabagh, Sudarshana Reddy Thiyyagura   +4 more
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Delayed manifestation of ascending aortic pseudoaneurysm caused by purulent pericarditis 19 years previously: A case report

Annals of Vascular Surgery - Brief Reports and Innovations, 2022
Ascending aortic pseudoaneurysms are a rare, but life-threatening, vascular entity. Infections are the major pathogenesis of aortic pseudoaneurysms, and the majority of them that are caused by infections commonly develop at the acute or subacute ...
Hiroyuki Seo, Hidekazu Hirai, Yasuo Suehiro, Shigefumi Suehiro   +3 more
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Surgical and Medical Management of Purulent Bacterial Pericarditis With Pericardial Mass in a Young Child

JACC: Case Reports, 2023
Purulent bacterial pericarditis is rare and associated with significant short- and long-term morbidity. We report a case of purulent bacterial pericarditis caused by Group A Streptococcus in an immunocompetent young child presenting with a pericardial ...
Samiksha Tarun, MD, MSc, Luv Makadia, MD, Salih Demirhan, MD, Shivang S. Shah, MD, DPhil, Marc D. Foca, MD, Emile A. Bacha, MD, Lauren Thai, MD, Neha Bansal, MD, Carlos A. Pagan, MD, Oliver M. Barry, MD   +9 more
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