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Bacterial pericarditis presenting as hemorrhagic pericardial effusion in a 6-year-old girl

Hemorrhagic pericardial effusion is known to occur due to tuberculosis, malignancy, uremia or trauma. We present a rare case of a 6 year old girl with bacterial pericarditis who had hemorrhagic pericardial effusion with cardiac tamponade.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Saxena, Anita, Singh, Navneet, Ramakrishnan, S., Kothari, Shyamsunder
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications 2008
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2840725/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20300244
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0974-2069.41062