A Case of Acute Purulent Pericarditis, Caused by Klebsiella Pneumoniae, without Preceeding Diseases.
- Author:
Seungmin BANG
1
;
Seunghyun KWON
;
Byung Chang KIM
;
Ho Young MAENG
;
Jae Hak KIM
;
Deok Kyu CHO
;
Young Won YOON
;
Sung Kee RYU
;
Donghoon CHOI
Author Information
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords: Pericarditis; Klebsiella pneumoniae
- MeSH: Anti-Bacterial Agents; Bacteria, Anaerobic; Cardiac Tamponade; Drug Therapy; Fungi; Klebsiella pneumoniae*; Klebsiella*; Pericardial Effusion; Pericarditis*; Pneumonia; Staphylococcus aureus; Streptococcus; Thoracic Surgery
- From:Korean Circulation Journal 2002;32(1):80-84
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
- Abstract: Acute pericarditis may be caused by a variety of disorders. Most cases of acute pericarditis without any initial apparent cause are idiopathic, although presumably viral in origin. While staphylococcus aureus, streptococcus pneumonias and streptococcus pyogens were the predominant organisms recovered prior to 1950, gram negative bacilli, anaerobic bacteria and fungus were recovered after 1950. These changes of the etiologic diversity of acute pericarditis were related to the development and advances of cardiac surgery, antibiotics, chemotherapy for cancer and immunosuppressive treatments. It is important for the therapy of acute bacterial pericarditis to establish the proper regimen of antibiotics and to drain pericardial effusion, if needed. We report a case of acute pericarditis, caused by Klebsiella pneumoniae, an uncommon pathogen that caused purulent pericarditis with cardiac tamponade.
