Shingles and Pericarditis: A Rare Combination
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[Purulent pericarditis: a rare diagnosis].
The authors present two cases of purulent pericarditis secondary to pneumococcus pneumonia, a rare entity in the antibiotic era, one of them in an apparently healthy person. A systematized diagnostic approach to moderate pericardial effusion is presented, together with a review of purulent pericarditis. The presence of pericardial effusion with persistent fever with or without known etiology, p...
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عنوان ژورنال: International Journal of Clinical Medicine
سال: 2015
ISSN: 2158-284X,2158-2882
DOI: 10.4236/ijcm.2015.65041