Demey H E, Eycken M, Vandermast M, Bossaert L L
Department of Intensive Care, University Hospital Antwerp (U.I.A.), Edegem, Belgium.
Acta Cardiol. 1991;46(4):485-91.
Purulent pericarditis is an infrequent complication of infections originating in another body location. Symptoms and signs are often absent; a high index of awareness is required for its diagnosis. A patient recovering from extensive necrotic-hemorrhagic pancreatitis presented with tamponade due to methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) purulent pericarditis, further complicated by MRSA endocarditis. Treatment included pericardectomy, IV vancomycin and teicoplanin.
