Key result
Continuous percutaneous subxiphoidal drainage and antibiotics successfully treat rare purulent meningococcal pericarditis with tamponade.
Population
A patient with primary purulent meningococcal pericarditis presenting with hemodynamic derangement due to…
Design
Case_report
Authors
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May guide management of this rare tamponade etiology; leaves open need for prospective validation of drainage strategy.
Primary purulent meningococcal pericarditis with tamponade is a rare but potentially lethal entity that can be successfully treated with antibiotics and continuous percutaneous subxiphoidal catheter drainage.
Solheim et al. (1977) studied this question. Continuous percutaneous subxiphoidal catheter drainage and antibiotics successfully treated a rare case of primary purulent meningococcal pericarditis presenting with tamponade.
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