Salmonella pericarditis in a patient with primary idiopathic chylopericardium.
We report a case of a 40-year-old man with chylopericardium who developed purulent pericarditis caused by Salmonella enteritidis. Thoracoscopic pericardiotomy with debridement effectively controlled the pericardial infection.
Yoshioka
Hiromu
H
Department of Thoracic Surgery, Nagoya University School of Medicine, 65 Showa-ku, Tsurumai-cho, Nagoya 466-8550, Japan.
Shigemitsu
Kikuo
K
Takeuchi
Mika
M
Mori
Shouichi
S
Imaizumi
Munehisa
M
Ueda
Yuichi
Y
D000328:Adult; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010490:Pericardial Effusion / Q000150:complications*; D010493:Pericarditis / Q000209:etiology*; D012480:Salmonella Infections / Q000150:complications*; D012477:Salmonella enteritidis