Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus pericarditis causing cardiac tamponade

Community acquired methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) is an organism that can cause life threatening injuries with 6 cases of purulent pericarditis secondary to MRSA being reported so far. We report a 66 year-old -female who presented to our hospital with a two-week history of worsen...

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Main Authors: Maedeh Ganji, Jose Ruiz, William Kogler, Joshua Lung, Jarelys Hernandez, Carmen Isache
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2019-01-01
Series:IDCases
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2214250919301386