Purulent pericarditis in children: an analysis of 28 cases
AUTOR(ES)
Weir, E. K.
RESUMO
Weir, E. K., and Joffe, H. S. (1977).Thorax, 32, 438-443. Purulent pericarditis in children: an analysis of 28 cases. Bacterial pericarditis was diagnosed in 28 children under the age of 13 years during a five-year period at one hospital. The diagnosis was established clinically in 26 cases; in two the condition was first recognized at necropsy. Staphylococcus aureus was isolated in 22 patients, including all 12 with associated osteitis. The other principal primary condition was pneumonia.
