Mycoplasma pneumoniae pericarditis and cardiac tamponade in a 7-year-old girl with cystic fibrosis [1]

Infection

Volumn 34, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 355-356

  Esposito, S ^a   Colombo, C ^a   Faelli, N ^a   Tagliabue, C ^a   Corti, F ^a   Costantini, D ^a   Principi, N ^a   Ravaglia, R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^b FONDAZIONE IRCCS CA GRANDA OSPEDALE MAGGIORE POLICLINICO   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLARITHROMYCIN; FLURBIPROFEN; MEROPENEM;

ANAMNESIS; CASE REPORT; CYSTIC FIBROSIS; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; DYSPNEA; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HEART TAMPONADE; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; LETTER; MYCOPLASMA PNEUMONIAE; PERICARDIOCENTESIS; PERICARDITIS; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; RETROSTERNAL PAIN; SCHOOL CHILD; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; TACHYCARDIA; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VITAL SIGN;

CARDIAC TAMPONADE; CHILD; CYSTIC FIBROSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; MYCOPLASMA PNEUMONIAE; PERICARDITIS; SEROLOGIC TESTS;

EID: 33845712555     PISSN: 03008126     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s15010-006-6628-9     Document Type: Letter

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