Key result
CT-guided aspiration and vancomycin resolve a MRSA-positive pericardial abscess in a hemodialysis patient.
Why the study?
Purulent pericarditis is an uncommon infection of the pericardial space that very rarely presents as a pericardial abscess, with hematogenous spread in dialysis patients among the predisposing risk factors.
Population
One male patient with ESRD on hemodialysis and prior pericardial effusions from uremic pericarditis
Design
Case report
Authors
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May support CT-guided drainage plus vancomycin for MRSA pericardial abscess in hemodialysis; leaves open need for prospective validation.
Case Report (n=1)
Highlights the rare presentation of a MRSA-positive pericardial abscess in a hemodialysis patient, emphasizing hematogenous spread as a risk factor.
Zarour et al. (2020) conducted a case report in Pericardial abscess (n=1). CT-guided needle aspiration and vancomycin was evaluated on Clinical recovery. CT-guided needle aspiration and vancomycin treatment led to a complete recovery in a 42-year-old hemodialysis patient presenting with a MRSA-positive pericardial abscess.
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