Cardiac tamponade caused by polymicrobial gram-negative organisms.
Polymicrobial gram-negative pericarditis is a rare entity. We describe the first case of suppurative pericarditis with Citrobacter diversus and Proteus mirabilis.
Sawaya
Fadi J
FJ
Department of Internal Medicine, Emory Hospital, Atlanta, Georgia, United States. fsawaya@emory.edu
Sawaya
Jaber I
JI
Gharzuddine
Walid
W
Eid
Elias V
EV
Kanj
Souha S
SS
D002305:Cardiac Tamponade / Q000382:microbiology*; D041041:Citrobacter koseri / Q000145:classification / Q000302:isolation & purification; D004756:Enterobacteriaceae Infections / Q000150:complications* / Q000382:microbiology; D005260:Female; D006090:Gram-Negative Bacteria / Q000145:classification / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D010493:Pericarditis / Q000150:complications* / Q000382:microbiology; D011513:Proteus mirabilis / Q000145:classification / Q000302:isolation & purification