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A Disastrous Omen – Candidal Pyo pneumopericardium

Pyo-pneumopericardium or purulent pericarditis is a rare medical entity associated with high mortality. We hereby report a rare case of a 25-years old lady with pyo-pneumopericardium, aspirated pus culture from the pericardial cavity of which grew yeast (Candida species) like organism. This patient...

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Autores principales: Pal, Rathijit, Hazra, Darpanarayan, Pichamuthu, Kishore, Abhilash, Kundavaram Paul Prabhakar
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Wolters Kluwer - Medknow 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8697817/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35017878
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/jgid.jgid_335_20
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author Pal, Rathijit
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description Pyo-pneumopericardium or purulent pericarditis is a rare medical entity associated with high mortality. We hereby report a rare case of a 25-years old lady with pyo-pneumopericardium, aspirated pus culture from the pericardial cavity of which grew yeast (Candida species) like organism. This patient underwent a pericardiocentesis and was initiated on generic antibiotic treatment. However, despite the best possible medical management, she succumbed to her illness. This is a rare case report from India and an addition to the already available literature.
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spelling pubmed-86978172022-01-10 A Disastrous Omen – Candidal Pyo pneumopericardium Pal, Rathijit Hazra, Darpanarayan Pichamuthu, Kishore Abhilash, Kundavaram Paul Prabhakar J Glob Infect Dis Case Report Pyo-pneumopericardium or purulent pericarditis is a rare medical entity associated with high mortality. We hereby report a rare case of a 25-years old lady with pyo-pneumopericardium, aspirated pus culture from the pericardial cavity of which grew yeast (Candida species) like organism. This patient underwent a pericardiocentesis and was initiated on generic antibiotic treatment. However, despite the best possible medical management, she succumbed to her illness. This is a rare case report from India and an addition to the already available literature. Wolters Kluwer - Medknow 2021-11-09 /pmc/articles/PMC8697817/ /pubmed/35017878 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/jgid.jgid_335_20 Text en Copyright: © 2021 Journal of Global Infectious Diseases https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/This is an open access journal, and articles are distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 License, which allows others to remix, tweak, and build upon the work non-commercially, as long as appropriate credit is given and the new creations are licensed under the identical terms.
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title_short A Disastrous Omen – Candidal Pyo pneumopericardium
title_sort disastrous omen – candidal pyo pneumopericardium
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