Acute Primary Pneumococcal Purulent Pericarditis With Cardiac Tamponade
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Acute Primary Pneumococcal Purulent Pericarditis With Cardiac Tamponade
Bacterial pericarditis is a rapidly progressive and highly fatal infection, and is often diagnosed postmortem in half of the cases. Even with drainage and antibiotics, the mortality rate is high. Gram-positive cocci, specifically Streptococcus penumoniae, have been the most common cause of bacterial pericarditis with a preceding primary site of infection. Following the introduction of antibioti...
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Mukul Bhatarai is replaced with Mukul Bhattarai.
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عنوان ژورنال: Medicine
سال: 2015
ISSN: 0025-7974
DOI: 10.1097/md.0000000000001709