Spontaneous bacterial pericarditis with tamponade due to Ureaplasma spp.
Infectious pericardial effusion with tamponade is an uncommon but life-threatening disease. We report an unusual case of spontaneous Ureaplasma pericardial effusion with tamponade associated with pneumonia, pleural effusion, and urinary tract infection. All published cases of clinically invasive Ureaplasma infections in the adult population are also reviewed.
Tarrant
William P
WP
Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, The Methodist Hospital, Houston, Texas, USA.
Gonzalez-Berjon
Jose M
JM
Cernoch
Patricia L
PL
Olsen
Randall J
RJ
Musser
James M
JM
D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D002305:Cardiac Tamponade / Q000209:etiology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D010493:Pericarditis / Q000150:complications / Q000382:microbiology*; D018410:Pneumonia, Bacterial / Q000150:complications*; D013902:Radiography, Thoracic; D014509:Ureaplasma / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D016869:Ureaplasma Infections / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000382:microbiology; D014552:Urinary Tract Infections / Q000150:complications*