Successful Treatment of Staphylococcal Pericarditis

Hellenic Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 230-233

  Rallidis, Loukianos S ^a,b   Baroutsi, Kyriaki N ^a   Pentzeridis, Panagiotis C ^a  

^a GENERAL HOSPITAL OF NIKEA   (Greece)

^b NONE   (Greece)

Author keywords

Cardiac tamponade; Percutaneous catheter drainage; Staphylococcal pericarditis

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; GENTAMICIN; INDOMETACIN; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; PREDNISOLONE; RIFAMPICIN; STEROID; VANCOMYCIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; HEART TAMPONADE; HUMAN; MALE; PERICARDIAL EFFUSION; PERICARDIOCENTESIS; PERICARDITIS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS INFECTION; SURGICAL DRAINAGE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0842290681     PISSN: 10117970     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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