Key result
A 76-year-old immunocompromised woman with purulent pericarditis caused by Shewanella algae was successfully treated with emergent pericardiocentesis and appropriate antibiotic therapy.
Case Report (n=1)
This is the first reported case of purulent pericarditis caused by Shewanella algae, expanding the known spectrum of infections caused by this pathogen.
Alerts clinicians to rare Shewanella algae pericarditis in immunocompromised patients; first report extends pathogen spectrum but leaves management open.
We report the first case of purulent pericarditis with greenish pericardial effusion caused by Shewanella algae in a patient with gastric and gallbladder cancer. This case expands the reported spectrum of infection caused by S. algae and raises the possibility that S. algae is a causative pathogen for purulent pericarditis.
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Tan et al. (2008) conducted a case report in Purulent pericarditis caused by Shewanella algae (n=1). Pericardiocentesis and antibiotic therapy was evaluated on Clinical recovery. A 76-year-old immunocompromised woman with purulent pericarditis caused by Shewanella algae was successfully treated with emergent pericardiocentesis and appropriate antibiotic therapy.
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