Pneumococcal pericarditis presenting as an out of hospital cardiopulmonary arrest.
Serious complications of pneumococcal pneumonia have become uncommon with effective antibiotic treatment. Purulent pericarditis is a rare though well described complication of untreated pneumococcal sepsis. A case of untreated pneumococcal pneumonia complicated by purulent pericarditis is described. This presented as an out of hospital asystolic cardiopulmonary arrest.
Wass
A R
AR
Accident and Emergency Department, Pinderfields General Hospital, Wakefield, Yorkshire.
Mann
P
P
Wilson
J I
JI
D000328:Adult; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D006323:Heart Arrest / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000628:therapy; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010493:Pericarditis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000628:therapy; D011018:Pneumonia, Pneumococcal / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy