Pneumococcal pericarditis successfully treated with catheter drainage and intravenous antibiotics

Cathet Cardiovasc Diagn. 1991 Dec;24(4):286-7. doi: 10.1002/ccd.1810240415.

Abstract

Bacterial pericarditis is commonly a disease of children for which the primary treatment is surgical drainage. We report the case of a 19-yr-old patient presenting with pneumococcal pericarditis and tamponade treated successfully with intrapericardial catheter drainage and intravenous antibiotics. The technical aspects are discussed.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Anti-Bacterial Agents / administration & dosage
  • Cardiac Tamponade / etiology
  • Cardiac Tamponade / therapy
  • Cilastatin / administration & dosage
  • Cilastatin, Imipenem Drug Combination
  • Drainage*
  • Drug Combinations
  • Drug Therapy, Combination / administration & dosage*
  • Erythromycin / administration & dosage
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Imipenem / administration & dosage
  • Infusions, Intravenous
  • Pericarditis / complications
  • Pericarditis / drug therapy
  • Pericarditis / therapy*
  • Pneumococcal Infections / complications
  • Pneumococcal Infections / drug therapy
  • Pneumococcal Infections / therapy*

Substances

  • Anti-Bacterial Agents
  • Drug Combinations
  • Cilastatin
  • Erythromycin
  • Imipenem
  • Cilastatin, Imipenem Drug Combination