PURULENT PERICARDITIS IN A NEONATE
Purulent pericarditis in infancy is a rare and life-threatening complication of neonatal sepsis unless it is recognized early and treated aggressively. We are reporting only the fourth survivor. Two-dimensional echocardiography and computer-assisted tomographic (CT) scan were invaluable in confirmin...
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Veröffentlicht in: | The Pediatric infectious disease journal 1991-07, Vol.10 (7), p.549-549 |
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Zusammenfassung: | Purulent pericarditis in infancy is a rare and life-threatening complication of neonatal sepsis unless it is recognized early and treated aggressively. We are reporting only the fourth survivor. Two-dimensional echocardiography and computer-assisted tomographic (CT) scan were invaluable in confirming the diagnosis and in planning the surgical treatment. Blood and urine cultures were obtained which grew Staphylococcus aureus . |
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ISSN: | 0891-3668 1532-0987 |
DOI: | 10.1097/00006454-199107000-00018 |