Key result
Three cases describe primary pneumococcal pericarditis presenting without other apparent infection sites.
Population
3 patients with primary pneumococcal pericarditis without other apparent sites of pneumococcal infection.
Design
Case_series
Authors
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Alerts clinicians to isolated pneumococcal pericarditis in acute chest pain; case reports leave open its incidence and mechanisms.
Case Report (n=3)
Highlights the rare occurrence of primary pneumococcal pericarditis without contiguous pleural involvement or other apparent sites of infection.
David Schlossberg (1975) conducted a case report in Primary pneumococcal pericarditis (n=3). Primary pneumococcal infection was evaluated. Three cases of primary pneumococcal pericarditis without apparent other sites of infection were identified, including a detailed report of a 53-year-old woman presenting with substernal pain.
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