March 1, 2005Communicable Diseases IntelligenceOpen Access

Preventable illness? Purulent pericarditis due to Streptococcus pneumoniae complicated by haemolytic uraemic syndrome in an infant

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A previously healthy eight-month-old male infant presenting with shortness of breath and pyrexia, diagnosed…

Design

Case_report

Authors

JYJoanna H P YongSt George Hospital BFBob K FonsecaSt George Hospital EBEmma BestUniversity of Auckland

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Implication

May support peritoneal dialysis for renal recovery in infant HUS; leaves open generalizability from single case report.

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Population

A previously healthy eight-month-old male infant presenting with shortness of breath and pyrexia, diagnosed with purulent pericarditis due to Streptococcus pneumoniae complicated by acute renal failure due to haemolytic uraemic syndrome.

Intervention

Peritoneal dialysis and treatment for invasive pneumococcal disease

Outcome

Recovery with normalisation of renal function

This case highlights purulent pericarditis and haemolytic uraemic syndrome as severe complications of pneumococcal infection in infants, emphasizing the importance of rapid diagnosis and vaccination.

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Yong et al. (2005) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a868172879817649adb080a https://doi.org/10.33321/cdi.2005.29.5

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Pericardial disease

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Preventable illness? Purulent pericarditis due to Streptococcus pneumoniae complicated by haemolytic uraemic syndrome in an infant

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