Muhammad Ahmed Khan

Purulent Streptococcus pneumoniae pericarditis presenting as cardiac tamponade in an immunocompromised patient: case report

Background: Purulent bacterial pericarditis is an exceptionally rare but rapidly progressive cause of acute pericarditis in the modern antibiotic and pneumococcal vaccination era. Despite its low incidence, delayed recognition carries a high risk of cardiac tamponade, septic shock, constrictive pericarditis, and death....