A RARE CAUSE OF PYOPERICARDIUM CAUSING CARDIAC TAMPONADE

KARNA, S.K.; KOMINENI, S.; SAPRE, C.

A RARE CAUSE OF PYOPERICARDIUM CAUSING CARDIAC TAMPONADE

S.K. KARNA¹*, S. KOMINENI², C. SAPRE³
¹Department of Cardiology, Pramukhswami Medical College, Anand, Gujarat-388325, India
²Department of Cardiology, Pramukhswami Medical College, Anand, Gujarat-388325, India
³Department of Cardiology, Pramukhswami Medical College, Anand, Gujarat-388325, India
* Corresponding Author : karna_sunil@hotmail.com

Received : 07-11-2015 Accepted : 18-11-2015 Published : 14-12-2015
Volume : 2 Issue : 1 Pages : 10 - 11
World Res J Cardiol 2.1 (2015):10-11

Keywords : Pyopericardium, Methicillin sensitive Staphylococccus aureus (MSSA), Cardiac tamponade
Academic Editor : Dr. Hemamalini
Conflict of Interest : None declared
Acknowledgements/Funding : None declared
Author Contribution : None declared

Cite - MLA : KARNA, S.K., et al "A RARE CAUSE OF PYOPERICARDIUM CAUSING CARDIAC TAMPONADE." World Research Journal of Cardiology 2.1 (2015):10-11.

Cite - APA : KARNA, S.K., KOMINENI, S., SAPRE, C. (2015). A RARE CAUSE OF PYOPERICARDIUM CAUSING CARDIAC TAMPONADE. World Research Journal of Cardiology , 2 (1), 10-11.

Cite - Chicago : KARNA, S.K., S. KOMINENI, and C. SAPRE. "A RARE CAUSE OF PYOPERICARDIUM CAUSING CARDIAC TAMPONADE." World Research Journal of Cardiology 2, no. 1 (2015):10-11.

Copyright : © 2015, S.K. KARNA, et al, Published by Bioinfo Publications. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.

Abstract

Cardiac tamponade is a life-threatening emergency. Pyopericardium is one of the rare causes of cardiac tamponade. There are less than 40 cases of adult Pyopericardium reported in medical literature. Here we report an unusual case of Pyopericardium with cardiac tamponade, which was found to be due to Staphylococcus aureus

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