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Acute Primary Pneumococcal Purulent Pericarditis With Cardiac Tamponade: A Case Report and Literature Review
Bacterial pericarditis is a rapidly progressive and highly fatal infection, and is often diagnosed postmortem in half of the cases. Even with drainage and antibiotics, the mortality rate is high. Gram-positive cocci, specifically Streptococcus penumoniae, have been the most common cause of bacterial...
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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Wolters Kluwer Health
2015
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4616809/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26469910 http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/MD.0000000000001709 |