Pyopericardium followed by constrictive pericarditis due to Corynebacterium diphtheriae

Athanassios Krassas; Timothy Sakellaridis; Michalis Argyriou; Christos Charitos

doi:10.1093/icvts/ivs057

Pyopericardium followed by constrictive pericarditis due to Corynebacterium diphtheriae

Interact Cardiovasc Thorac Surg. 2012 Jun;14(6):875-7. doi: 10.1093/icvts/ivs057. Epub 2012 Mar 8.

Authors

Athanassios Krassas¹, Timothy Sakellaridis, Michalis Argyriou, Christos Charitos

Affiliation

¹ 2nd Cardiac Surgery Department, Evangelismos General Hospital, Athens, Greece. athanasekrassas@hotmail.fr

Abstract

Pyopericardium is a rare entity associated with a high mortality. We report a case of a 44-year old man presenting with simultaneous constrictive pericarditis and pyopericardium due to Corynebacterium diphtheriae. Pericardiectomy and epicardiectomy were performed without cardiopulmonary bypass, with an excellent result.

Publication types

Case Reports
Review

MeSH terms

Adult
Anti-Bacterial Agents / therapeutic use
Corynebacterium diphtheriae / isolation & purification*
Diphtheria / complications
Diphtheria / microbiology*
Diphtheria / therapy
Humans
Male
Pericardiectomy
Pericarditis, Constrictive / microbiology*
Pericarditis, Constrictive / therapy
Pericardium / microbiology*
Pericardium / surgery
Tomography, X-Ray Computed
Treatment Outcome

Substances

Anti-Bacterial Agents