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PERICARDIAL EFFUSION COMPLICATING HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAS MENINGITIS
Author(s) -
HAWKER R. E.,
CELERMAJER J. M.,
ROBERTSON S. E. J.
Publication year - 1972
Publication title -
journal of paediatrics and child health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.631
H-Index - 76
eISSN - 1440-1754
pISSN - 1034-4810
DOI - 10.1111/j.1440-1754.1972.tb01799.x
Subject(s) - medicine , pericardial effusion , constrictive pericarditis , pericarditis , meningitis , tamponade , cardiac tamponade , effusion , haemophilus , surgery , genetics , bacteria , biology
SYNOPSIS A case of haemophilus meningitis complicated by pericardial effusion is described. This association has been reported only once previously. Clinical features suggesting acute constrictive pericarditis developed, but resolved during administration of diuretics. The difficulty in distinguishing acute constrictive pericarditis from pericardial tamponade is discussed.