Capnocytophaga Induced Acute Necrotizing and Exudative Pericarditis with Abscess Formation

We present the case of a 55-year-old gentleman, with bilateral pulmonary embolism and a large pericardial effusion that lead to a pericardial window with evacuation of creamy pus. Gram stains were negative, with culture growing Capnocytophaga. Pathology revealed acute necrotizing and exudative chang...

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Autores principales: Bello, Alexa, Castaneda, Alejandro, Vakil, Abhay, Varon, Joseph, Surani, Salim
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Hindawi 2018
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6114227/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30186648
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2018/6437928
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author Bello, Alexa
Castaneda, Alejandro
Vakil, Abhay
Varon, Joseph
Surani, Salim
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description We present the case of a 55-year-old gentleman, with bilateral pulmonary embolism and a large pericardial effusion that lead to a pericardial window with evacuation of creamy pus. Gram stains were negative, with culture growing Capnocytophaga. Pathology revealed acute necrotizing and exudative changes, including frank abscess formation. In developed countries, pericardial abscess and acute pericarditis are uncommon due to availability of broad-spectrum antibiotics. Pericardial abscess due to Capnocytophaga is even more uncommon.
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spelling pubmed-61142272018-09-05 Capnocytophaga Induced Acute Necrotizing and Exudative Pericarditis with Abscess Formation Bello, Alexa Castaneda, Alejandro Vakil, Abhay Varon, Joseph Surani, Salim Case Rep Infect Dis Case Report We present the case of a 55-year-old gentleman, with bilateral pulmonary embolism and a large pericardial effusion that lead to a pericardial window with evacuation of creamy pus. Gram stains were negative, with culture growing Capnocytophaga. Pathology revealed acute necrotizing and exudative changes, including frank abscess formation. In developed countries, pericardial abscess and acute pericarditis are uncommon due to availability of broad-spectrum antibiotics. Pericardial abscess due to Capnocytophaga is even more uncommon. Hindawi 2018-08-15 /pmc/articles/PMC6114227/ /pubmed/30186648 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2018/6437928 Text en Copyright © 2018 Alexa Bello et al. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Bello, Alexa
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Vakil, Abhay
Varon, Joseph
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Capnocytophaga Induced Acute Necrotizing and Exudative Pericarditis with Abscess Formation
title Capnocytophaga Induced Acute Necrotizing and Exudative Pericarditis with Abscess Formation
title_full Capnocytophaga Induced Acute Necrotizing and Exudative Pericarditis with Abscess Formation
title_fullStr Capnocytophaga Induced Acute Necrotizing and Exudative Pericarditis with Abscess Formation
title_full_unstemmed Capnocytophaga Induced Acute Necrotizing and Exudative Pericarditis with Abscess Formation
title_short Capnocytophaga Induced Acute Necrotizing and Exudative Pericarditis with Abscess Formation
title_sort capnocytophaga induced acute necrotizing and exudative pericarditis with abscess formation
topic Case Report
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6114227/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30186648
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2018/6437928
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