Lifesaving pericardiocentesis due to purulent pericarditis with growth of Gram-negative rods in an immune-competent Inuit male

Polymicrobial Gram-negative pericarditis is a rare entity in the immune-competent patient, and purulent pericarditis due to bacteria complicated by tamponade is a life-threatening condition with high mortality rates. A prompt diagnosis and treatment is, as in this case, lifesaving and facilitated by...

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Autores principales: Simonÿ, Carl Frederik Brandt, Malham, Mikkel, Kanstrup, Jacob, Wojtek, Piotr, Lynggaard, Folmer, Andersen, Stig
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Springer 2014
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4306036/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25635186
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12245-014-0021-8
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author Simonÿ, Carl Frederik Brandt
Malham, Mikkel
Kanstrup, Jacob
Wojtek, Piotr
Lynggaard, Folmer
Andersen, Stig
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description Polymicrobial Gram-negative pericarditis is a rare entity in the immune-competent patient, and purulent pericarditis due to bacteria complicated by tamponade is a life-threatening condition with high mortality rates. A prompt diagnosis and treatment is, as in this case, lifesaving and facilitated by echocardiography but is not the case in rural areas in common. Change in the infectious aetiology indicates broad-spectrum antibiotics. We describe a case of purulent pericarditis causing cardiac tamponade due to haematogenous spread of Escherichia coli (E. coli) and Proteus species in an immune-competent Inuit male treated with pericardiocentesis.
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spelling pubmed-43060362015-01-29 Lifesaving pericardiocentesis due to purulent pericarditis with growth of Gram-negative rods in an immune-competent Inuit male Simonÿ, Carl Frederik Brandt Malham, Mikkel Kanstrup, Jacob Wojtek, Piotr Lynggaard, Folmer Andersen, Stig Int J Emerg Med Case Report Polymicrobial Gram-negative pericarditis is a rare entity in the immune-competent patient, and purulent pericarditis due to bacteria complicated by tamponade is a life-threatening condition with high mortality rates. A prompt diagnosis and treatment is, as in this case, lifesaving and facilitated by echocardiography but is not the case in rural areas in common. Change in the infectious aetiology indicates broad-spectrum antibiotics. We describe a case of purulent pericarditis causing cardiac tamponade due to haematogenous spread of Escherichia coli (E. coli) and Proteus species in an immune-competent Inuit male treated with pericardiocentesis. Springer 2014-07-09 /pmc/articles/PMC4306036/ /pubmed/25635186 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12245-014-0021-8 Text en Copyright © 2014 Simonÿ et al.; licensee Springer. 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
Simonÿ, Carl Frederik Brandt
Malham, Mikkel
Kanstrup, Jacob
Wojtek, Piotr
Lynggaard, Folmer
Andersen, Stig
Lifesaving pericardiocentesis due to purulent pericarditis with growth of Gram-negative rods in an immune-competent Inuit male
title Lifesaving pericardiocentesis due to purulent pericarditis with growth of Gram-negative rods in an immune-competent Inuit male
title_full Lifesaving pericardiocentesis due to purulent pericarditis with growth of Gram-negative rods in an immune-competent Inuit male
title_fullStr Lifesaving pericardiocentesis due to purulent pericarditis with growth of Gram-negative rods in an immune-competent Inuit male
title_full_unstemmed Lifesaving pericardiocentesis due to purulent pericarditis with growth of Gram-negative rods in an immune-competent Inuit male
title_short Lifesaving pericardiocentesis due to purulent pericarditis with growth of Gram-negative rods in an immune-competent Inuit male
title_sort lifesaving pericardiocentesis due to purulent pericarditis with growth of gram-negative rods in an immune-competent inuit male
topic Case Report
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4306036/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25635186
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12245-014-0021-8
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