title: Acute infective pericarditis in infancy.
abstract: Infective pericarditis is rare; the characteristic presenting illness in 3 children, each aged under one year, is recorded. Early diagnosis is important since surgical drainage of the pericardium is often necessary in addition to antibiotic therapy. The clinical features may suggest pericarditis, but diagnosis is readily and reliably confirmed by echocardiography.
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D001424:Bacterial Infections / Q000175:diagnosis*; D002648:Child; D004452:Echocardiography; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010490:Pericardial Effusion / Q000175:diagnosis; D010493:Pericarditis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D011859:Radiography