Cardiac tamponade as a delayed presentation of Neisseria meningitidis infection in a 5-month-old infant

Pediatric Emergency Care

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 163-165

  Gupta, Sanjey ^a   Rudolph, Gary ^b  

^a NEW YORK HOSPITAL QUEENS   (United States)

^b NORTH SHORE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Neisseria meningitidis; Pericardial tamponade; Pericarditis; Primary pericarditis

Indexed keywords

CEFTRIAXONE;

ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; FEMALE; HEART TAMPONADE; HEAT SYNCOPE; HUMAN; INFANT; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MENINGOCOCCAL PERICARDITIS; MENINGOCOCCOSIS; PERICARDIAL EFFUSION; PERICARDITIS; SURGICAL DRAINAGE; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTEREMIA; CARDIAC TAMPONADE; CEFTRIAXONE; FEMALE; FEVER OF UNKNOWN ORIGIN; HUMANS; INFANT; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MENINGOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; PERICARDIAL EFFUSION; PERICARDITIS; TACHYCARDIA, SINUS;

EID: 34247150213     PISSN: 07495161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PEC.0b013e3180328c43     Document Type: Article

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