Purulent pericarditis with pericardial tamponade caused by coagulase-negative Staphyloccocus

Isr Med Assoc J. 1999 Sep;1(1):51-2.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Cardiac Tamponade / diagnostic imaging
  • Cardiac Tamponade / microbiology*
  • Cardiac Tamponade / therapy
  • Coagulase / metabolism
  • Echocardiography, Transesophageal
  • Fatal Outcome
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Methicillin Resistance
  • Pericarditis / diagnostic imaging
  • Pericarditis / microbiology*
  • Pericarditis / therapy
  • Staphylococcal Infections / microbiology*
  • Staphylococcus epidermidis*
  • Suppuration

Substances

  • Coagulase