A Case of Acute Purulent Streptococcus pneumoniae Pericarditis Causing Tamponade and Cardiac Arrest in a COVID-19-Infected Patient

Purulent pericarditis due to Streptococcus pneumoniae (S. pneumoniae) has been increasingly rare since the advent of antibiotics; however, it still carries a high mortality rate, especially in the setting of tamponade. Bedside transthoracic echocardiogram (TTE) is a useful, cheap, and underutilized...

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Autores principales: Masarweh, Omar M, Vyas, Parag, Knapp, Thomas M, Gonzalez-Morales, Ubaldo, Ammar, Ali
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2023
Materias:
Cardiology
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10290255/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37362487
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.39467

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10290255/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37362487
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.39467

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