Non-surgical treatment of purulent pericarditis, due to non-encapsulated Haemophilus influenzae, in an immunocompromised patient

Netherlands Journal of Medicine

Volumn 55, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 151-154

  Ligtenberg, Jack J M ^a   Van Der Werf, Tjip S ^a   Zijlstra, Jan G ^a   Tulleken, Jaap E ^a   Fijen, Jan Willem ^a   Möller, Lieke V M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Drainage; Fibrinolysis; Haemophllus influenzae; Non encapsulated; Non surgical; Pericarditis

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; METHOTREXATE; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DRAIN; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FEMALE; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; HUMAN; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PERICARDIAL EFFUSION; PERICARDITIS; PLEURA EMPYEMA; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS;

CARDIAC TAMPONADE; EMPYEMA, PLEURAL; FEMALE; HAEMOPHILUS INFECTIONS; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; HUMANS; IMMUNOCOMPROMISED HOST; MIDDLE AGED; PERICARDITIS; PLEURAL EFFUSION; SUCTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0032795562     PISSN: 03002977     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0300-2977(99)00046-7     Document Type: Article

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