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KMID : 0984720070390060314
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Infection and Chemotherapy
2007 Volume.39 No. 6 p.314 ~ p.317
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A Case of Pericardial Tamponade in a Korean Man with Pericardial Abscess due to Bacteroides fragilis
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Kim Seok-Yeon
Noon Soo-Young
Kim Kyung-Yup
Kwon Sung-Jin
Kim Myeong-Kon
Lee Mi-Suk
Lee Hee-Joo
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Abstract
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Purulent pericarditis is a rare, life-threatening condition and usually involves the whole pericardium. However only few cases have been reported in which a loculated pericardial abscess occurred from purulent pericarditis. The prevalence of acute pericarditis due to bacteria was 6%. Purulent pericarditis due to anaerobic bacteria has been reported less frequently than aerobic bacteria. There was no report about purulent pericarditis due to Bacteroides fragilis in Korea until now. So we report the first case of pericardial abscess due to B. fragilis in 59 year old Korean male with history of chronic renal failure and hemodialysis, that was complicated with pericardial tamponade.
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KEYWORD
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Cardiac tampona de, Pericardia l absc ess, Bacteroides fragilis
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