JACC: Case Reports (Apr 2024)

Purulent Bacterial Pericarditis

  • Emily S. Lee, MD,
  • Charlie Lin, MD,
  • Jena Pizula, MD,
  • Kruti A. Pandya, MD,
  • Anilkumar O. Mehra, MD,
  • Helga Van Herle, MD

Journal volume & issue
Vol. 29, no. 7
p. 102282

Abstract

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Bacterial pericarditis is a rare phenomenon that progresses rapidly and carries high mortality. Patients presenting with new pericardial effusions are often evaluated for concomitant rheumatologic, oncologic, and infectious diseases. We present a complex case of purulent pericarditis with pneumopericardium.

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