title: [Purulent pericarditis: a rare diagnosis].
abstract: The authors present two cases of purulent pericarditis secondary to pneumococcus pneumonia, a rare entity in the antibiotic era, one of them in an apparently healthy person. A systematized diagnostic approach to moderate pericardial effusion is presented, together with a review of purulent pericarditis. The presence of pericardial effusion with persistent fever with or without known etiology, particularly in the immunocompromised but also in the apparently healthy patient, should always raise the possibility of purulent pericarditis.
authors.affiliation: Serviço de Cardiologia, Centro Hospital Tondela-Viseu, Viseu, Portugal. Electronic address: luisferreirasantos@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Luís
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Ferreira dos Santos
authors.forename: Davide
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Moreira
authors.forename: Pedro
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Ribeiro
authors.forename: Bruno
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Rodrigues
authors.forename: Emanuel
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Correia
authors.forename: Luís
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Nunes
authors.forename: Miguel
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Sequeira
authors.forename: Ana
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Albuquerque
authors.forename: Inês
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Barros
authors.forename: José Pedro
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Saraiva
authors.forename: Oliveira
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Santos
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010493:Pericarditis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000382:microbiology*; D011018:Pneumonia, Pneumococcal / Q000175:diagnosis*; D013492:Suppuration
keywords: Bacterial pericarditis; Derrame pericárdico; Pericardial effusion; Pericardite bacteriana; Pericardite purulenta; Pneumonia; Purulent pericarditis; Tamponade; Tamponamento