title: Purulent pericarditis in an adult burn patient treated with survival.
abstract: A 41-year-old white-skinned male admitted with 40 per cent total body surface area partial and full skin thickness burns developed septic pericarditis. He had a severe inhalation injury and subsequent pneumothorax. Multiple fibreoptic bronchoscopies were required. The septic pericarditis required pericardectomy which was carried out in two stages. The extensive burns required multiple operations. The patient eventually made a complete recovery.
authors.affiliation: Regional Burn Center, Humana Hospital-Augusta, Georgia.
authors.forename: E J
authors.initials: EJ
authors.lastname: Law
authors.forename: H K
authors.initials: HK
authors.lastname: Orlet
authors.forename: J M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Still
authors.forename: P W
authors.initials: PW
authors.lastname: Catalano
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Mucha
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002056:Burns / Q000150:complications*; D002059:Burns, Inhalation / Q000150:complications; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010493:Pericarditis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000382:microbiology; D013203:Staphylococcal Infections / Q000209:etiology*