Cardiac tamponade secondary to methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus pericarditis;Tamponamento cardíaco secundário a pericardite por Staphylococcus aureus meticilino resistente: Importância da imunossupressão

Revista Portuguesa de Cardiologia

Volumn 27, Issue 7-8, 2008, Pages 953-958

  Durão, David ^a,b   Fernandes, Ana Paula ^a   Marum, Susan ^a   Marcelino, Paulo ^a   Mourão, Luís ^a  

^a HOSPITAL CURRY CABRAL   (Portugal)

^b Hospital Distrital de Santarm   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Cardiac tamponade; Immunosuppression; Staphylococcal pericarditis

Indexed keywords

METICILLIN; VANCOMYCIN;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART TAMPONADE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; LABORATORY TEST; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; PERICARDIAL EFFUSION; PERICARDIOCENTESIS; PERICARDITIS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

ADULT; CARDIAC TAMPONADE; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSION; METHICILLIN RESISTANCE; PERICARDITIS; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS;

EID: 53549100158     PISSN: 08702551     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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