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Metastatic complications of pericarditis and cardiac tamponade as a result of Staphylococcus aureus bacteremia developing during antimicrobial therapy.
- Source :
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Internal medicine (Tokyo, Japan) [Intern Med] 2013; Vol. 52 (3), pp. 389-91. Date of Electronic Publication: 2013 Feb 01. - Publication Year :
- 2013
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Abstract
- Acute bacterial pericarditis is a rare but devastating complication of Staphylococcus aureus bacteremia (SAB). We herein describe the case of a previously healthy 81-year-old woman with SAB complicated by pericarditis that evolved into cardiac tamponade despite the administration of optimal antimicrobial therapy for 11 days. Three adhesion factor genes, fnbA, clfA and clfB, were identified in the causative isolate.
- Subjects :
- Adhesins, Bacterial genetics
Aged
Aged, 80 and over
Anti-Bacterial Agents therapeutic use
Bacteremia drug therapy
Bacteremia microbiology
Female
Genes, Bacterial
Humans
Staphylococcal Infections drug therapy
Staphylococcal Infections microbiology
Staphylococcus aureus genetics
Staphylococcus aureus isolation & purification
Staphylococcus aureus pathogenicity
Bacteremia complications
Cardiac Tamponade etiology
Pericarditis etiology
Staphylococcal Infections complications
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 1349-7235
- Volume :
- 52
- Issue :
- 3
- Database :
- MEDLINE
- Journal :
- Internal medicine (Tokyo, Japan)
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 23370752
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.2169/internalmedicine.52.8744