A successfully treated case of primary purulent pericarditis complicated by cardiac tamponade and pneumopericardium

Acute pericarditis is caused by various factors, but purulent pericarditis is rare. Primary purulent pericarditis in immunocompetent hosts is very rare in the modern antibiotics era. We report a successfully treated case of primary purulent pericarditis complicated with cardiac tamponade and pneumop...

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Main Authors: Jong Wook Beom, Yeekyoung Ko, Ki Yung Boo, Jae-Geun Lee, Joon Hyouk Choi, Seung-Jae Joo, Ji Hwan Moon, Su Wan Kim, Song-Yi Kim
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Korean Society of Critical Care Medicine 2021-02-01
Series:Acute and Critical Care
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Online Access:http://www.accjournal.org/upload/pdf/acc-2020-00234.pdf