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

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

Affiliations

Emily S. Lee, MD: Department of Medicine, Keck School of Medicine of the University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California, USA; Address for correspondence: Dr Emily Lee, Keck School of Medicine of the University of Southern California, Department of Medicine, 2020 Zonal Avenue, IRD 620, Los Angeles, California 90089, USA.
Charlie Lin, MD: Department of Medicine, Keck School of Medicine of the University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California, USA; Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Keck School of Medicine of the University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California, USA
Jena Pizula, MD: Department of Medicine, Keck School of Medicine of the University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California, USA; Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Keck School of Medicine of the University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California, USA
Kruti A. Pandya, MD: Department of Medicine, Keck School of Medicine of the University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California, USA; Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Keck School of Medicine of the University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California, USA
Anilkumar O. Mehra, MD: Department of Medicine, Keck School of Medicine of the University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California, USA; Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Keck School of Medicine of the University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California, USA
Helga Van Herle, MD: Department of Medicine, Keck School of Medicine of the University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California, USA; Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Keck School of Medicine of the University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California, USA

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

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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.

Published in JACC: Case Reports

ISSN: 2666-0849 (Online)
Publisher: Elsevier
Country of publisher: United States
LCC subjects: Medicine: Internal medicine: Specialties of internal medicine: Diseases of the circulatory (Cardiovascular) system
Website: https://www.journals.elsevier.com/jacc-case-reports

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