Purulent pericarditis: subdiaphragmatic suppurative focus

Purulent pericarditis is defined as a localized pericardial infection with gross pus formation in the pericardial space. Although purulent pericarditis is now rare in the antibiotic era, it may be life-threatening. We describe a rare case of purulent pericarditis that originated from a subdiaphragma...

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Main Authors:	Kang-Un Choi, Chan-Hee Lee
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Yeungnam University College of Medicine 2020-01-01
Series:	Yeungnam University Journal of Medicine
Subjects:	colorectal cancer escherichia coli pericarditis suppuration
Online Access:	http://www.e-yujm.org/upload/pdf/yujm-2019-00311.pdf

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spelling	doaj-63b55f52245c474e8d1a6755e397549c2020-11-25T01:20:01ZengYeungnam University College of MedicineYeungnam University Journal of Medicine2384-02932020-01-01371636610.12701/yujm.2019.003112450Purulent pericarditis: subdiaphragmatic suppurative focusKang-Un Choi0Chan-Hee Lee1 Division of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine, Dongguk University, Gyeongju Hospital, Gyeongju, Korea Division of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine, Yeungnam University College of Medicine, Daegu, KoreaPurulent pericarditis is defined as a localized pericardial infection with gross pus formation in the pericardial space. Although purulent pericarditis is now rare in the antibiotic era, it may be life-threatening. We describe a rare case of purulent pericarditis that originated from a subdiaphragmatic suppurative focus in an immunocompromised host.http://www.e-yujm.org/upload/pdf/yujm-2019-00311.pdfcolorectal cancerescherichia colipericarditissuppuration
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title	Purulent pericarditis: subdiaphragmatic suppurative focus
title_short	Purulent pericarditis: subdiaphragmatic suppurative focus
title_full	Purulent pericarditis: subdiaphragmatic suppurative focus
title_fullStr	Purulent pericarditis: subdiaphragmatic suppurative focus
title_full_unstemmed	Purulent pericarditis: subdiaphragmatic suppurative focus
title_sort	purulent pericarditis: subdiaphragmatic suppurative focus
publisher	Yeungnam University College of Medicine
series	Yeungnam University Journal of Medicine
issn	2384-0293
publishDate	2020-01-01
description	Purulent pericarditis is defined as a localized pericardial infection with gross pus formation in the pericardial space. Although purulent pericarditis is now rare in the antibiotic era, it may be life-threatening. We describe a rare case of purulent pericarditis that originated from a subdiaphragmatic suppurative focus in an immunocompromised host.
topic	colorectal cancer escherichia coli pericarditis suppuration
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Purulent pericarditis: subdiaphragmatic suppurative focus

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