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A 6-year-old girl with bacterial pericarditis presenting as hemorrhagic pericardial effusion was successfully treated with antibiotics, pericardiocentesis, and intrapericardial streptokinase.
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Highlights that bacterial pericarditis can rarely present as hemorrhagic pericardial effusion with cardiac tamponade in pediatric patients.
Single-case success with intrapericardial streptokinase in pediatric bacterial pericarditis does not support routine use; extends anecdotal reports but leaves optimal therapy open.
Hemorrhagic pericardial effusion is known to occur due to tuberculosis, malignancy, uremia or trauma. We present a rare case of a 6 year old girl with bacterial pericarditis who had hemorrhagic pericardial effusion with cardiac tamponade.
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Saxena et al. (2008) conducted a case report in Bacterial pericarditis presenting as hemorrhagic pericardial effusion (n=1). Antibiotics, pericardiocentesis, and intrapericardial streptokinase was evaluated on Clinical recovery. A 6-year-old girl with bacterial pericarditis presenting as hemorrhagic pericardial effusion was successfully treated with antibiotics, pericardiocentesis, and intrapericardial streptokinase.
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