Surgical and Medical Management of Purulent Bacterial Pericarditis With Pericardial Mass in a Young Child

Surgical and Medical Management of Purulent Bacterial Pericarditis With Pericardial Mass in a Young Child

Purulent bacterial pericarditis is rare and associated with significant short- and long-term morbidity. We report a case of purulent bacterial pericarditis caused by Group A Streptococcus in an immunocompetent young child presenting with a pericardial mass. She was successfully treated with a combin...

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Main Authors: Samiksha Tarun, MD, MSc, Luv Makadia, MD, Salih Demirhan, MD, Shivang S. Shah, MD, DPhil, Marc D. Foca, MD, Emile A. Bacha, MD, Lauren Thai, MD, Neha Bansal, MD, Carlos A. Pagan, MD, Oliver M. Barry, MD
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2023-06-01
Series:JACC: Case Reports
Subjects:
pediatric surgery
pericardial effusion
treatment
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2666084923001249

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