Constrictive pericarditis secondary to infection with Mycoplasma pneumoniae

Pericardial effusions can be insidious, variable in presentation, and may result from a wide variety of causes. We report here a rare case of pericardial effusion in a pediatric patient secondary to infection with Mycoplasma pneumoniae that progressed to cardiac tamponade and constrictive pericardit...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Current opinion in pediatrics 2011-02, Vol.23 (1), p.126-129
Hauptverfasser:	Hawkins, Stephen, Rausch, Christopher M, McCanta, Anthony C
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Adolescent Anti-Bacterial Agents - therapeutic use Cardiac Tamponade - drug therapy Cardiac Tamponade - etiology Cardiac Tamponade - microbiology Diagnosis, Differential Diuretics - therapeutic use Follow-Up Studies Furosemide - therapeutic use Humans Male Mycoplasma pneumoniae - drug effects Mycoplasma pneumoniae - isolation & purification Ofloxacin - therapeutic use Pericardiocentesis - methods Pericarditis, Constrictive - drug therapy Pericarditis, Constrictive - etiology Pericarditis, Constrictive - microbiology Pneumonia, Mycoplasma - complications Pneumonia, Mycoplasma - drug therapy Pneumonia, Mycoplasma - microbiology Treatment Outcome
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