Purulent and constrictive pericarditis arising from a staphylococcal lumbar infection

Texas Heart Institute Journal

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 212-214

  Ho, John S ^a,b   Flamm, Scott D ^a   Cook, Patrick J ^a  

^a ST LUKE S EPISCOPAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Pericarditis, constrictive etiology surgery; Pericarditis, purulent diagnosis microbiology therapy; Staphylococcal infections diagnosis therapy

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

AGED; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CONSTRICTIVE PERICARDITIS; EDEMA; HUMAN; LAMINECTOMY; MALE; PERICARDIAL EFFUSION; PERICARDIECTOMY; PERICARDIOCENTESIS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; STAPHYLOCOCCUS INFECTION;

AGED; HUMANS; LAMINECTOMY; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MALE; PERICARDITIS, CONSTRICTIVE; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION;

EID: 0034816764     PISSN: 07302347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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