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ArticleGerms2020

Purulent pericarditis in a patient with community-acquired methicillin-resistant

Durga Shankar Meena, Deepak Kumar, Maya Gopalakrishnan, Gopal Krishana Bohra, Naresh Midha, Parag Vijayvargiya, Sarbesh Tiwari

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Article in Germs, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

1 citing paper in PubMed, 4 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Clinical Presentation and Management of Methicillin-ResistantJournal of cardiovascular development and disease · 2022
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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Durga Shankar MeenaMD, Department of General Medicine, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Jodhpur, 342005, Rajasthan, India.
Deepak KumarMD, Assistant Professor, Department of General Medicine, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Jodhpur, 342005, Rajasthan, India.
Maya GopalakrishnanMD, Department of General Medicine, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Jodhpur, 342005, Rajasthan, India.
Gopal Krishana BohraMD, Department of General Medicine, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Jodhpur, 342005, Rajasthan, India.
Naresh MidhaMD, Department of General Medicine, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Jodhpur, 342005, Rajasthan, India.
Parag VijayvargiyaMD, Department of General Medicine, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Jodhpur, 342005, Rajasthan, India.
Sarbesh TiwariDM, Department of Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Jodhpur, 342005, Rajasthan, India.
All India Institute of Medical Sciences Jodhpur · IN

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

introductionThe etiopathogenesis of purulent pericarditis has changed significantly in modern antibiotic era with the emergence of community-acquired methicillin-resistant CASE REPORT: We describe an 18-year-old male who presented with 5 days history of fever, chest pain and shortness of breath. Echocardiogram and thorax CT showed significant pericardial effusion. The patient underwent pericardiocentesis, MRSA was isolated from blood and pericardial fluid. The patient improved with intravenous antibiotics (linezolid). Follow-up echocardiography at 3 months was unremarkable, without any residual fluid or features of constrictive pericarditis. DISCUSSION: In the absence of known risk factors, MRSA is an extremely rare cause of pericarditis in modern antibiotics era. The possibility of MRSA pericarditis should be sought in every case of pericarditis to achieve prompt diagnosis and treatment.

conclusionsOur case highlights the role of aggressive pericardiocentesis and appropriate antibiotic therapy in purulent pericarditis.

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community acquired infectionmethicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureusPericardial effusionpurulent pericarditis

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PMID33134204
PMCPMC7572210
OpenAlexW3083760074

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