Pericardiectomy for Pleuropericardial Effusion Complicating Bacterial Pneumonia.

Autor: Quarti, Andrea, de Benedictis, FernandoMaria, Soura, Elli, Pozzi, Marco
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Zdroj: Case Reports in Medicine; 2010, p1-2, 2p, 2 Black and White Photographs
Abstrakt: Severe pericardial effusion is a rare complication of bacterial pneumonia and it usually disappears under medical treatment.Herein we report a case of a girl with a congenital immunodeficient syndrome and bacterial pneumonia, who developed recurrent and life-threatening pericardial effusion refractory to medical treatment. She was finally treated with pericardiectomy. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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