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Case Reports
. 2003 Sep;96(9):926-7.
doi: 10.1097/01.SMJ.0000072357.15085.0F.

Staphylococcus aureus pericardial abscess in a patient with liver cirrhosis: case report

Fadi El-Ahdab  1 , Mark East, Daniel Sexton, Thomas Bashore
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Staphylococcus aureus pericardial abscess in a patient with liver cirrhosis: case report

Fadi El-Ahdab et al. South Med J. 2003 Sep.

Abstract

Pericardial abscess is a rare complication of Staphylococcus aureus bacteremia. We report the case of a 40-year-old man with hepatitis C and liver cirrhosis who presented with high-grade fever and chest pain. Transthoracic echocardiography showed a pericardial mass and computed tomographic scanning and transesophageal echocardiography confirmed the presence of a loculated fluid collection. His illness persisted despite i.v. antibiotics and video-assisted thoracoscopic drainage. The patient was cured after surgical drainage and pericardiectomy.

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