Pericarditis as a presenting sign of infective endocarditis: Two case reports and review of the literature

Scandinavian Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 40, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 785-791

  Katz, Lior H ^a   Pitlik, Silvio ^a   Porat, Eyal ^a,b   Biderman, Phillippe ^a,b   Bishara, Jihad ^a  

^a RABIN MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CEFTAZIDIME; CLINDAMYCIN; CLOXACILLIN; GENTAMICIN; RIFAMPICIN;

ADULT; AGED; ALPHA HEMOLYTIC STREPTOCOCCUS; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL ENDOCARDITIS; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BLOOD CULTURE; CASE REPORT; CORYNEBACTERIUM XEROSIS; COUGHING; DRUG MEGADOSE; DYSPNEA; FEMALE; FEVER; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; HEART MURMUR; HEART TAMPONADE; HEART VALVE REPLACEMENT; HUMAN; MALE; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MORTALITY; PARADOXICAL PULSE; PERICARDIAL EFFUSION; PERICARDIOTOMY; PERICARDITIS; PNEUMONIA; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STREPTOCOCCUS AGALACTIAE; STREPTOCOCCUS GROUP C; STREPTOCOCCUS SANGUINIS; THORAX PAIN; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CARDIAC TAMPONADE; CLOXACILLIN; ENDOCARDITIS, BACTERIAL; FEMALE; FEVER; HUMANS; MALE; METHICILLIN RESISTANCE; MIDDLE AGED; PERICARDITIS; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 52349090886     PISSN: 00365548     EISSN: 16511980     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00365540802169106     Document Type: Article

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