The role of echocardiography in diagnosis and management of isolated meningococcal pericarditis

Echocardiography

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 263-266

  Falcão, Sandra N R S ^a   Tsutsui, Jeane Mike ^a   Ramires, Felix J ^a   De Oliveira, Tathiana Delgado ^a   Mady, Charles ^a   Ramires, José A F ^a   Mathias Jr , Wilson ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Cardiac tamponade; Meningococcal pericarditis; Transthoracic echocardiogram

Indexed keywords

CEFTRIAXONE; OXACILLIN;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIAGNOSTIC APPROACH ROUTE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DISEASE COURSE; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEVER; GENERAL CONDITION DETERIORATION; GENERAL CONDITION IMPROVEMENT; HEART TAMPONADE; HUMAN; MALE; MENINGOCOCCAL PERICARDITIS; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; OPEN HEART SURGERY; PERICARDIAL EFFUSION; PERICARDIOCENTESIS; PERICARDITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUS; THORAX PAIN; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HUMANS; MALE; MENINGOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; PERICARDITIS;

EID: 33847103180     PISSN: 07422822     EISSN: 15408175     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8175.2007.00384.x     Document Type: Article

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