Purulent pericarditis with greenish pericardial effusion caused by Shewanella algae.
We report the first case of purulent pericarditis with greenish pericardial effusion caused by Shewanella algae in a patient with gastric and gallbladder cancer. This case expands the reported spectrum of infection caused by S. algae and raises the possibility that S. algae is a causative pathogen for purulent pericarditis.
Tan
Che-Kim
CK
Department of Intensive Care Medicine, Chi-Mei Medical Center, Tainan, Taiwan.
Lai
Chih-Cheng
CC
Kuar
Wei-Khie
WK
Hsueh
Po-Ren
PR
D000368:Aged; D004269:DNA, Bacterial / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics; D004275:DNA, Ribosomal / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics; D005260:Female; D005706:Gallbladder Neoplasms / Q000150:complications; D020459:Genes, rRNA; D016905:Gram-Negative Bacterial Infections / Q000382:microbiology*; D006801:Humans; D010490:Pericardial Effusion / Q000382:microbiology*; D010493:Pericarditis / Q000382:microbiology*; D010802:Phylogeny; D012329:RNA, Bacterial / Q000235:genetics; D012336:RNA, Ribosomal, 16S / Q000235:genetics; D013902:Radiography, Thoracic; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA; D012689:Sequence Homology, Nucleic Acid; D020592:Shewanella / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D013274:Stomach Neoplasms / Q000150:complications
D004269:DNA, Bacterial; D004275:DNA, Ribosomal; D012329:RNA, Bacterial; D012336:RNA, Ribosomal, 16S