title: Spontaneous bacterial pericarditis with tamponade due to Ureaplasma spp.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, The Methodist Hospital, Houston, Texas, USA.
authors.forename: William P
authors.initials: WP
authors.lastname: Tarrant
authors.forename: Jose M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Gonzalez-Berjon
authors.forename: Patricia L
authors.initials: PL
authors.lastname: Cernoch
authors.forename: Randall J
authors.initials: RJ
authors.lastname: Olsen
authors.forename: James M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Musser
mesh_terms: 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*