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ArticleCase reports in medicine2014

Purulent pericarditis after liver abscess: a case report.

María Fidalgo García, Juan Carlos Rodríguez Sanjuán, María Riaño Molleda, Marta González Andaluz, Hector Real Noval, Manuel Gómez Fleitas

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Article in Case reports in medicine, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

4 citing papers in PubMed, 6 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

María Fidalgo GarcíaGeneral Surgery and Digestive Surgery Department, University Hospital Marqués de Valdecilla, Santander, 39008 Cantabria, Spain.
Juan Carlos Rodríguez SanjuánGeneral Surgery and Digestive Surgery Department, University Hospital Marqués de Valdecilla, Santander, 39008 Cantabria, Spain ; University of Cantabria, Santander, 39005 Cantabria, Spain.
María Riaño MolledaGeneral Surgery and Digestive Surgery Department, University Hospital Marqués de Valdecilla, Santander, 39008 Cantabria, Spain.
Marta González AndaluzGeneral Surgery and Digestive Surgery Department, University Hospital Marqués de Valdecilla, Santander, 39008 Cantabria, Spain.
Hector Real NovalGeneral Surgery and Digestive Surgery Department, University Hospital Marqués de Valdecilla, Santander, 39008 Cantabria, Spain.
Manuel Gómez FleitasGeneral Surgery and Digestive Surgery Department, University Hospital Marqués de Valdecilla, Santander, 39008 Cantabria, Spain ; University of Cantabria, Santander, 39005 Cantabria, Spain.
Marqués de Valdecilla University Hospital · ESUniversidad de Cantabria · ES

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

We present the case of a 49-year-old woman, with previous clinical antecedents of recent hepatic metastasis, who was admitted to the ICU due to respiratory failure and hemodynamic instability. She was found to have purulent pericarditis complicated by pericardial tamponade and pleural effusion, as well as surgical site infection, which was the origin of the disease. Cultures of the surgical wound and the pericardial effusion were positive for Enterococcus faecalis and Escherichia coli. A pericardial tap was performed and the intra-abdominal abscess was surgically drained. Pleural effusion was also evacuated. She received antibiotic treatment and recovered successfully. The only after-effect was a well-tolerated effusive-constrictive pericarditis.

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PMID24872819
PMCPMC4020547
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