학술논문
648: PURULENT PERICARDITIS DUE TO NON-TYPEABLE HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE IN A PEDIATRIC PATIENT.
Document Type
Article
Source
Subject
*HAEMOPHILUS influenzae
*CHILD patients
*PERICARDITIS
*IDIOPATHIC thrombocytopenic purpura
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Language
ISSN
0090-3493
Abstract
A few cases of non-typeable Haemophilus influenzae purulent pericarditis are described in the literature with only one prior pediatric-age case reported in an immunocompetent 2-year old patient. He received anti-inflammatory and analgesic therapy for pericarditis, and for persistent hypotension received dopamine, epinephrine and milrinone. B Introduction: b Purulent pericarditis in children is uncommon in the United States. [Extracted from the article]