A child with purulent pericarditis and Streptococcus intermedius in the presence of a pericardial teratoma: an unusual presentation

J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2014 Mar;147(3):e23-4. doi: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2013.11.025. Epub 2013 Dec 25.

Authors

Laura Presnell¹, Katsuhide Maeda², Michael Griffin³, David Axelrod²

Affiliations

¹ Pediatric Cardiac Intensive Care Unit, Lucile Packard Children's Hospital at Stanford, Palo Alto, Calif. Electronic address: lpresnell@gmail.com.
² Pediatric Cardiac Intensive Care Unit, Lucile Packard Children's Hospital at Stanford, Palo Alto, Calif.
³ Children's Cardiology of the Bay Area, San Mateo, Calif.

PMID: 24373623
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2013.11.025

No abstract available

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Anti-Bacterial Agents / administration & dosage
Female
Heart Neoplasms / complications*
Heart Neoplasms / diagnosis
Heart Neoplasms / surgery
Humans
Infant
Pericardial Effusion / etiology
Pericardiectomy
Pericarditis / complications*
Pericarditis / diagnosis
Pericarditis / microbiology
Pericarditis / therapy
Pericardium / pathology
Sternotomy
Streptococcal Infections / complications*
Streptococcal Infections / diagnosis
Streptococcal Infections / microbiology
Streptococcal Infections / therapy
Streptococcus intermedius / isolation & purification*
Teratoma / complications*
Teratoma / diagnosis
Treatment Outcome

Substances

Anti-Bacterial Agents