Purulent pericarditis caused by beta-hemolytic group C Streptococcus. A case report
- 1 September 1981
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Medical Association (AMA) in Archives of internal medicine (1960)
- Vol. 141 (10) , 1351-1352
- https://doi.org/10.1001/archinte.141.10.1351
Abstract
An unusual case of acute pericarditis with cardiac tamponade caused by group C Streptococcus occurred. The patient recovered fully after medical and surgical therapy. This organism apparently was not previously reported as a cause of purulent pericarditis.This publication has 4 references indexed in Scilit:
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