Primary purulent bacterial pericarditis due to Streptococcus intermedius in an immunocompetent adult: a case report

BACKGROUND: Acute purulent bacterial pericarditis is of rare occurrence in this modern antibiotic era. Primary involvement of the pericardium without evidence of underlying infection elsewhere is even rarer. It is a rapidly progressive infection with high mortality. We present an extremely rare case...

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Autores principales: Khan, Mohammad Saud, Khan, Zubair, Banglore, Bhavana Siddegowda, Alkhoury, Ghattas, Murphy, Laura, Georgescu, Claudiu
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2018
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5798186/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29397796
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13256-018-1570-x

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5798186/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29397796
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13256-018-1570-x

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