Haemophilus influenzae serotype f purulent pericarditis: a cause of death in a child with Down syndrome.
Purulent pericarditis is a cardiac emergency that can be difficult to diagnose and can be rapidly fatal. We report the case of a child with Down syndrome and recent atrial and ventricular septal defect repair who died from Haemophilus influenzae serotype f pericarditis.
Taube
Janis M
JM
Department of Pathology, The Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, Baltimore, MD 21287, USA.
Hutchins
Grover M
GM
Carroll
Karen C
KC
Vricella
Luca A
LA
Scheel
Janet
J
Halushka
Marc K
MK
D004314:Down Syndrome / Q000150:complications; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D005260:Female; D006192:Haemophilus Infections / Q000150:complications*; D006193:Haemophilus influenzae / Q000145:classification / Q000472:pathogenicity; D006343:Heart Septal Defects / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D010493:Pericarditis / Q000382:microbiology*; D012703:Serotyping / Q000379:methods