Pneumococcal pericarditis presenting as an out of hospital cardiopulmonary arrest

Emergency Medicine Journal

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 262-263

  Wass, A R ^a   Mann, P ^a   Wilson, J I ^a  

^a PINDERFIELDS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Out of hospital cardiopulmonary arrest; Purulent pericarditis; Streptococcus pneumoniae; Untreated pneumonia

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; ASYSTOLE; CARDIOPULMONARY ARREST; CASE REPORT; HUMAN; LOBAR PNEUMONIA; MALE; PERICARDITIS; SEPSIS; STREPTOCOCCUS INFECTION;

ADULT; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FATAL OUTCOME; HEART ARREST; HUMANS; MALE; PERICARDITIS; PNEUMONIA, PNEUMOCOCCAL;

EID: 2742558843     PISSN: 13510622     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/emj.14.4.261     Document Type: Article

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