Purulent pericarditis: subdiaphragmatic suppurative focus
Purulent pericarditis is defined as a localized pericardial infection with gross pus formation in the pericardial space. Although purulent pericarditis is now rare in the antibiotic era, it may be life-threatening. We describe a rare case of purulent pericarditis that originated from a subdiaphragma...
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| description | Purulent pericarditis is defined as a localized pericardial infection with gross pus formation in the pericardial space. Although purulent pericarditis is now rare in the antibiotic era, it may be life-threatening. We describe a rare case of purulent pericarditis that originated from a subdiaphragmatic suppurative focus in an immunocompromised host. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-63b55f52245c474e8d1a6755e397549c2022-12-22T01:58:50ZengYeungnam University College of MedicineYeungnam University Journal of Medicine2384-02932020-01-01371636610.12701/yujm.2019.003112450Purulent pericarditis: subdiaphragmatic suppurative focusKang-Un Choi0Chan-Hee Lee1 Division of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine, Dongguk University, Gyeongju Hospital, Gyeongju, Korea Division of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine, Yeungnam University College of Medicine, Daegu, KoreaPurulent pericarditis is defined as a localized pericardial infection with gross pus formation in the pericardial space. Although purulent pericarditis is now rare in the antibiotic era, it may be life-threatening. We describe a rare case of purulent pericarditis that originated from a subdiaphragmatic suppurative focus in an immunocompromised host.http://www.e-yujm.org/upload/pdf/yujm-2019-00311.pdfcolorectal cancerescherichia colipericarditissuppuration |
| spellingShingle | Kang-Un Choi Chan-Hee Lee Purulent pericarditis: subdiaphragmatic suppurative focus Yeungnam University Journal of Medicine colorectal cancer escherichia coli pericarditis suppuration |
| title | Purulent pericarditis: subdiaphragmatic suppurative focus |
| title_full | Purulent pericarditis: subdiaphragmatic suppurative focus |
| title_fullStr | Purulent pericarditis: subdiaphragmatic suppurative focus |
| title_full_unstemmed | Purulent pericarditis: subdiaphragmatic suppurative focus |
| title_short | Purulent pericarditis: subdiaphragmatic suppurative focus |
| title_sort | purulent pericarditis subdiaphragmatic suppurative focus |
| topic | colorectal cancer escherichia coli pericarditis suppuration |
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