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Purulent Pericarditis Caused by Streptococcus Milleri Strains; the Gained Experience from Nine Reported Cases

Authors :
George Georgiopoulos
Govind Chetty
Grigorios Karagkiouzis
Graham Cooper
Ilias A Kouerinis
Charilaos Kantsos
George Lazaros
Ioannis Karathanasis
Source :
International Cardiovascular Research Journal, Vol 9, Iss 4, Pp 243-246 (2015)
Publication Year :
2015
Publisher :
Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, 2015.

Abstract

Bacterial pericarditis caused by Streptococcus Milleri Group (SMG) strains is a particularly exceptional pathology. All the eight previous reported cases were under the care of medical teams and the seven existed reports in medical journals were more or less from this perspective. Herein, we reported a unique case of a pericardial-cutaneous fistula resulting from a recurrent purulent pericardial effusion caused by SMG strains, which had been treated with open surgical drainage two months before. A thorough review of the surgical treatment options and the results has also been presented.

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
22519149 and 22519130
Volume :
9
Issue :
4
Database :
OpenAIRE
Journal :
International Cardiovascular Research Journal
Accession number :
edsair.doi.dedup.....92172f27ac9e4f5e87aa23c68bf54429