Open AccessCardiac tamponade caused by polymicrobial Gram-negative organisms
Author(s) -
Fadi Sawaya,
Jaber Sawaya,
Walid Gharzuddine,
Elias V. Eid,
Souha S. Kanj
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
international journal of infectious diseases
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.278
H-Index - 89
eISSN - 1878-3511
pISSN - 1201-9712
DOI - 10.1016/j.ijid.2009.01.019
Subject(s) - tamponade , cardiac tamponade , medicine , proteus , proteus mirabilis , pericarditis , citrobacter , microbiology and biotechnology , cardiology , biology , enterobacteriaceae , bacteria , staphylococcus aureus , gene , biochemistry , escherichia coli , genetics
Polymicrobial gram-negative pericarditis is a rare entity. We describe the first case of suppurative pericarditis with Citrobacter diversus and Proteus mirabilis.
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