Massive purulent pericarditis and cardiac tamponade caused by Staphylococcus aureus urosepsis

Journal of Cardiovascular Surgery

Volumn 43, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 837-839

  Rosenthal, A ^a  

^a St Francis Hospital   (United States)

Author keywords

Cardiac tamponade, surgery; Pericarditis; Sepsis

Indexed keywords

HYPERTENSIVE AGENT; INOTROPIC AGENT; LEVOFLOXACIN; PIPERACILLIN PLUS TAZOBACTAM;

ACUTE RESPIRATORY FAILURE; AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CASE REPORT; CAUSE OF DEATH; COMORBIDITY; HEART TAMPONADE; HUMAN; MALE; PERICARDIOCENTESIS; PERICARDITIS; PUS; SEPSIS; SEPTIC SHOCK; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS INFECTION; URINALYSIS;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARDIAC TAMPONADE; FATAL OUTCOME; HUMANS; MALE; PERICARDITIS; RADIOGRAPHY, THORACIC; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SHOCK, SEPTIC; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS;

EID: 0036920122     PISSN: 00219509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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