Key result
A 4-year-old girl with complicated staphylococcal purulent pericarditis was successfully treated with antibiotics, percutaneous drainage, and intrapericardial streptokinase, with no residual complications at 6 months.
Why the study?
Primary pericarditis is rarely diagnosed in children but carries life-threatening sequelae, and the diagnosis of pericardial effusion can be evasive.
Case Report (n=1)
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Early identification of pericarditis and pericardial effusion in pediatric patients is vital to enable emergent intervention and reduce mortality.
Alerts clinicians to elusive pediatric staphylococcal pericarditis; hypothesis-generating and should not yet change practice.
Although primary pericarditis is unusually experienced and diagnosed in paediatric population, it has probable life threatening sequel. This case report presents a case of complicated community acquired staphylococcal pericarditis, which illustrates how evasive the diagnosis of pericardial effusion can be. Early identification of pericarditis and pericardial effusion is vital to enable emergent intervention to enhance prognosis and alleviate mortality. The purpose of this report is to probe into the etiology of acute pericarditis and also to review the clinical presentation, the management and complications connected with acute pericarditis.
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Sultana et al. (2020) conducted a case report in Complicated staphylococcal pericarditis (n=1). Antibiotics, percutaneous drainage, and antifibrinolytics was evaluated on Clinical recovery and resolution of pericardial effusion. A 4-year-old girl with complicated staphylococcal purulent pericarditis was successfully treated with antibiotics, percutaneous drainage, and intrapericardial streptokinase, with no residual complications at 6 months.
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