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Invasive group A streptococcal disease can rarely present as purulent pericarditis with multiple splenic abscesses, as described in a 4-year-old boy.
Case Report (n=1)
Highlights a rare presentation of invasive group A streptococcal disease as purulent pericarditis and splenic abscesses in a pediatric patient.
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Alerts clinicians to rare invasive GAS in pediatric pericarditis with abscesses; case report leaves open broader incidence and management questions.
Purulent pericarditis is a localized infection of the pericardium producing an effusion that is both microscopically and macroscopically purulent. Purulent pericarditis is most frequently caused by Staphylococcus, although rarely Streptococcus and other organisms are implicated. This article describes a case of invasive group A streptococcal disease presenting as purulent pericarditis with multiple splenic abscesses in a 4-year-old boy.
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Pemira et al. (2011) conducted a case report in Invasive group A streptococcal disease with purulent pericarditis and splenic abscesses (n=1). Invasive group A streptococcal infection was evaluated. Invasive group A streptococcal disease can rarely present as purulent pericarditis with multiple splenic abscesses, as described in a 4-year-old boy.
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