Key result
Urgent pericardiocentesis and broad-spectrum antibiotics resolve rare pneumococcal purulent pericarditis with tamponade.
Population
1 patient with primary Streptococcus pneumoniae purulent pericarditis presenting with cardiac tamponade
Design
Case_report
Authors
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May warrant high suspicion for purulent pericarditis in tamponade; hypothesis-generating Level 5 case that leaves open standardized protocols.
Case Report (n=1)
Highlights the need for a high index of suspicion for purulent pericarditis in acute pericarditis to enable early diagnosis and treatment with antibiotics and drainage.
Patel et al. (2015) conducted a case report in Primary streptococcus pneumoniae purulent pericarditis with cardiac tamponade (n=1). Broad-spectrum antibiotics and urgent pericardiocentesis was evaluated on Successful treatment. Broad-spectrum antibiotics and urgent pericardiocentesis successfully treated a rare case of primary Streptococcus pneumoniae purulent pericarditis presenting with cardiac tamponade.
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