Purulent pericarditis caused by group A streptococcus

Texas Heart Institute Journal

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 519-522

  Bhaduri McIntosh, Sumita ^a   Prasad, Meeta ^a   Moltedo, José ^b,c   Vázquez, Marietta ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c FLENI   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Drainage; Group A streptococcus; Pericarditis diagnosis therapy; Streptococcal infections; Streptococcus pyogenes; Suppuration

Indexed keywords

CEFTRIAXONE; CEFUROXIME; CLINDAMYCIN; DOPAMINE; ERYTHROMYCIN; FUROSEMIDE; PENICILLIN G; TETRACYCLINE; VANCOMYCIN;

ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CARDIOMEGALY; CASE REPORT; FOLLOW UP; HEART FAILURE; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; LIVER FUNCTION TEST; LUNG EDEMA; MALE; MENINGITIS; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PERICARDIAL EFFUSION; PERICARDIECTOMY; PERICARDIOCENTESIS; PERICARDITIS; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PURULENT PERICARDITIS; SEPTIC SHOCK; SINUS TACHYCARDIA; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION; STREPTOCOCCUS GROUP A; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

CARDIOVASCULAR INFECTIONS; CHILD; HUMANS; MALE; PERICARDITIS; STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES;

EID: 33846209205     PISSN: 07302347     EISSN: 15266702     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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