Chronic purulent pericarditis: case report. [PDF]
Pan Afr Med J, 2022 Purulent pericarditis is an infection of the pericardial space that produces pus that is found on gross examination of the pericardial sac or on the tissue microscopy.
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Rapid Development of Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) Purulent Pericarditis in the Setting of Endocarditis. [PDF]
CJC Open, 2021 Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) purulent pericarditis is a rare but potentially fatal complication of MRSA bacteremia. We describe a case of a 27-year-old patient with active intravenous drug use, who presented with fever, chills, and ...
Arshad S, Misumida N.
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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 ...
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Delayed traumatic purulent pericarditis with cardiac tamponade - A rare case report [PDF]
Trauma Case Reports, 2022 Thoracic trauma often results in immediate or delayed hemorrhage. There are few cases of purulent pericarditis with pericardial tamponade reported in the literature.
Te-Kai Liao +3 more
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Acupuncture related acute purulent pericarditis masquerading uremic pericarditis [PDF]
Journal of Community Hospital Internal Medicine Perspectives, 2019 We are reporting a rare case of acupuncture-related acute pericarditis in an old-aged gentleman due to Staphylococcus aureus infection who was successfully managed with drainage of pericardial fluid and broad-spectrum antibiotics.
Waqas Ullah +6 more
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Purulent Pericarditis Due to Pneumococcal Bacteremia Caused by Acupuncture: An Autopsy Case Report. [PDF]
Intern Med, 2023 Purulent pericarditis is an infection of the pericardial cavity that produces purulent fluid and is commonly caused by Streptococcus pneumoniae. We herein report an autopsy case that is unique in two respects: the patient had pneumococcal bacteremia from
Yamaguchi H, Nagasaki K, Kobayashi H.
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Polymicrobial Purulent Pericarditis From a Pancreatico-Pericardial Fistula [PDF]
JACC: Case ReportsA 54-year-old male with chronic pancreatitis presented with dyspnea. Computed tomography scans demonstrated a subdiaphragmatic fluid collection with pericardial fistulization. Pericardial fluid cultures were polymicrobial in nature. Purulent pericarditis
Christopher Richardson, DO +4 more
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Report of a Fatal Purulent Pericarditis Case Caused by ST11-K64 Carbapenem-Resistant Hypervirulent Klebsiella pneumoniae. [PDF]
Infect Drug Resist, 2022 The report describes a 44-year-old female patient who died of the rare acute purulent pericarditis caused by Klebsiella pneumoniae (KP). The genomic analysis revealed an extensively drug-resistant ST11-K64 KP strain from five isolates (blood cultures ...
Liang S, Cao H, Ying F, Zhang C.
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Atypical cause of purulent pericarditis.
Cardiologia Croatica, 2015 A 53-year old male farmer with no significant past medical history was hospitalized because of cardiac tamponade. On admission, patient was febrile, dyspneic and orthopneic, with elevated inflammatory parameters. Initial echocardiogram showed circular pericardial effusion up to 26-31mm, with fibrin deposits and elements of constriction.
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Forensic Science, Medicine, and Pathology, 2016 Hayden, Brogan, Prahlow, Joseph A.
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