Why the study?
Does a combination of surgical and medical therapy improve survival in patients with purulent pericarditis caused by Candida species?
Population
25 patients with purulent pericarditis caused by Candida species. 21 patients had prior thoracic surgery or…
Design
Case_report
Authors
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May support combined amphotericin B and surgery in Candida pericarditis; hypothesis-generating from level-5 data and requires prospective validation.
Does a combination of surgical and medical therapy improve survival in patients with purulent pericarditis caused by Candida species?
A combination of prolonged amphotericin B therapy and pericardiectomy is essential for achieving a cure in rare cases of Candida purulent pericarditis.
Schrank et al. (1995) studied this question.
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