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Purulent pericarditis secondary to influenza and community-acquired methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus co-infection
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 17 September 2018
Abstract
Purulent pericarditis occurs rarely in the current antibiotic era. We describe clinical and echocardiographic features of purulent pericarditis in a previously healthy child with influenza and community-acquired methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus co-infection. The child was already on appropriate antibiotics and had a very subtle clinical presentation, with prominent abdominal symptoms. Timely surgical drainage led to complete recovery.
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