Key result
CIE confirms primary meningococcal pericarditis despite negative cultures from prior antibiotic use.
Why the study?
Does counter-current immunoelectrophoresis improve etiologic diagnosis in a patient with purulent pericarditis and negative cultures?
Population
49-year-old female with pericardial tamponade and purulent pericarditis (n=1)
Comparison
Counter-current immunoelectrophoresis of… vs Standard cultures
Design
Case_report
Authors
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May aid diagnosis in culture-negative purulent pericarditis; leaves open prospective validation before clinical adoption.
Case Report (n=1)
Does counter-current immunoelectrophoresis improve etiologic diagnosis in a patient with purulent pericarditis and negative cultures?
Counter-current immunoelectrophoresis can be a useful diagnostic tool for identifying the pathogen in purulent pericarditis when prior antibiotic use renders cultures negative.
Harvey B Simon (1976) conducted a case report in Primary meningococcal pericarditis (n=1). Counter-current immunoelectrophoresis (CIE) was evaluated on Etiologic diagnosis. Counter-current immunoelectrophoresis (CIE) successfully confirmed the etiologic diagnosis of primary meningococcal pericarditis in a patient with negative cultures due to prior antibiotic use.
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