Lifesaving pericardiocentesis due to purulent pericarditis with growth of Gram-negative rods in an immune-competent Inuit male

Polymicrobial Gram-negative pericarditis is a rare entity in the immune-competent patient, and purulent pericarditis due to bacteria complicated by tamponade is a life-threatening condition with high mortality rates. A prompt diagnosis and treatment is, as in this case, lifesaving and facilitated by...

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Published in:International Journal of Emergency Medicine
Main Authors: Simonÿ, Carl Frederik Brandt, Malham, Mikkel, Kanstrup, Jacob, Wojtek, Piotr, Lynggaard, Folmer, Andersen, Stig
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Language:English
Published: Springer 2014
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Online Access:http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4306036
https://doi.org/10.1186/s12245-014-0021-8
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spelling ftpubmed:oai:pubmedcentral.nih.gov:4306036 2023-05-15T16:54:49+02:00 Lifesaving pericardiocentesis due to purulent pericarditis with growth of Gram-negative rods in an immune-competent Inuit male Simonÿ, Carl Frederik Brandt Malham, Mikkel Kanstrup, Jacob Wojtek, Piotr Lynggaard, Folmer Andersen, Stig 2014-07-09 http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4306036 https://doi.org/10.1186/s12245-014-0021-8 en eng Springer http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12245-014-0021-8 Copyright © 2014 Simonÿ et al.; licensee Springer. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0 This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. CC-BY Case Report Text 2014 ftpubmed https://doi.org/10.1186/s12245-014-0021-8 2015-02-01T00:54:14Z Polymicrobial Gram-negative pericarditis is a rare entity in the immune-competent patient, and purulent pericarditis due to bacteria complicated by tamponade is a life-threatening condition with high mortality rates. A prompt diagnosis and treatment is, as in this case, lifesaving and facilitated by echocardiography but is not the case in rural areas in common. Change in the infectious aetiology indicates broad-spectrum antibiotics. We describe a case of purulent pericarditis causing cardiac tamponade due to haematogenous spread of Escherichia coli (E. coli) and Proteus species in an immune-competent Inuit male treated with pericardiocentesis. Text inuit PubMed Central (PMC) International Journal of Emergency Medicine 7 1
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Simonÿ, Carl Frederik Brandt
Malham, Mikkel
Kanstrup, Jacob
Wojtek, Piotr
Lynggaard, Folmer
Andersen, Stig
Lifesaving pericardiocentesis due to purulent pericarditis with growth of Gram-negative rods in an immune-competent Inuit male
topic_facet Case Report
description Polymicrobial Gram-negative pericarditis is a rare entity in the immune-competent patient, and purulent pericarditis due to bacteria complicated by tamponade is a life-threatening condition with high mortality rates. A prompt diagnosis and treatment is, as in this case, lifesaving and facilitated by echocardiography but is not the case in rural areas in common. Change in the infectious aetiology indicates broad-spectrum antibiotics. We describe a case of purulent pericarditis causing cardiac tamponade due to haematogenous spread of Escherichia coli (E. coli) and Proteus species in an immune-competent Inuit male treated with pericardiocentesis.
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author Simonÿ, Carl Frederik Brandt
Malham, Mikkel
Kanstrup, Jacob
Wojtek, Piotr
Lynggaard, Folmer
Andersen, Stig
author_facet Simonÿ, Carl Frederik Brandt
Malham, Mikkel
Kanstrup, Jacob
Wojtek, Piotr
Lynggaard, Folmer
Andersen, Stig
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title Lifesaving pericardiocentesis due to purulent pericarditis with growth of Gram-negative rods in an immune-competent Inuit male
title_short Lifesaving pericardiocentesis due to purulent pericarditis with growth of Gram-negative rods in an immune-competent Inuit male
title_full Lifesaving pericardiocentesis due to purulent pericarditis with growth of Gram-negative rods in an immune-competent Inuit male
title_fullStr Lifesaving pericardiocentesis due to purulent pericarditis with growth of Gram-negative rods in an immune-competent Inuit male
title_full_unstemmed Lifesaving pericardiocentesis due to purulent pericarditis with growth of Gram-negative rods in an immune-competent Inuit male
title_sort lifesaving pericardiocentesis due to purulent pericarditis with growth of gram-negative rods in an immune-competent inuit male
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