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Purulent pericarditis due to co-infection with Streptococcus pneumoniae and Mycobacterium tuberculosis in a patient with features of advanced HIV infection
BACKGROUND: Both Mycobacterium tuberculosis and Streptococcus pneumoniae are common pathogens in patients with HIV infection. CASE PRESENTATION: We present an unusual case of purulent pericarditis resulting in cardiac tamponade due to infection with both organisms. We highlight the re-emergence of p...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1831473/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17346343 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2334-7-12 |
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description | BACKGROUND: Both Mycobacterium tuberculosis and Streptococcus pneumoniae are common pathogens in patients with HIV infection. CASE PRESENTATION: We present an unusual case of purulent pericarditis resulting in cardiac tamponade due to infection with both organisms. We highlight the re-emergence of pneumococcal pericarditis in the HIV era and describe the pitfalls and challenges in the diagnosis of this condition. CONCLUSION: Clinicians working in HIV endemic areas need to consider dual infection with these organisms in patients who respond inadequately to either antibiotics or anti-tuberculous therapy alone. |
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spelling | pubmed-18314732007-03-23 Purulent pericarditis due to co-infection with Streptococcus pneumoniae and Mycobacterium tuberculosis in a patient with features of advanced HIV infection Louw, Andrew Tikly, Mohammed BMC Infect Dis Case Report BACKGROUND: Both Mycobacterium tuberculosis and Streptococcus pneumoniae are common pathogens in patients with HIV infection. CASE PRESENTATION: We present an unusual case of purulent pericarditis resulting in cardiac tamponade due to infection with both organisms. We highlight the re-emergence of pneumococcal pericarditis in the HIV era and describe the pitfalls and challenges in the diagnosis of this condition. CONCLUSION: Clinicians working in HIV endemic areas need to consider dual infection with these organisms in patients who respond inadequately to either antibiotics or anti-tuberculous therapy alone. BioMed Central 2007-03-08 /pmc/articles/PMC1831473/ /pubmed/17346343 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2334-7-12 Text en Copyright © 2007 Louw and Tikly; licensee BioMed Central Ltd. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0 This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License ( (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0) ), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
spellingShingle | Case Report Louw, Andrew Tikly, Mohammed Purulent pericarditis due to co-infection with Streptococcus pneumoniae and Mycobacterium tuberculosis in a patient with features of advanced HIV infection |
title | Purulent pericarditis due to co-infection with Streptococcus pneumoniae and Mycobacterium tuberculosis in a patient with features of advanced HIV infection |
title_full | Purulent pericarditis due to co-infection with Streptococcus pneumoniae and Mycobacterium tuberculosis in a patient with features of advanced HIV infection |
title_fullStr | Purulent pericarditis due to co-infection with Streptococcus pneumoniae and Mycobacterium tuberculosis in a patient with features of advanced HIV infection |
title_full_unstemmed | Purulent pericarditis due to co-infection with Streptococcus pneumoniae and Mycobacterium tuberculosis in a patient with features of advanced HIV infection |
title_short | Purulent pericarditis due to co-infection with Streptococcus pneumoniae and Mycobacterium tuberculosis in a patient with features of advanced HIV infection |
title_sort | purulent pericarditis due to co-infection with streptococcus pneumoniae and mycobacterium tuberculosis in a patient with features of advanced hiv infection |
topic | Case Report |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1831473/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17346343 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2334-7-12 |
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