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Abstract Streptococcus anginosus group pericarditis is rare. A 24-year-old male soldier presented for care at a military clinic in Afghanistan with shock and cardiac tamponade requiring emergent pericardial drainage and… Click to show full abstract
Abstract Streptococcus anginosus group pericarditis is rare. A 24-year-old male soldier presented for care at a military clinic in Afghanistan with shock and cardiac tamponade requiring emergent pericardial drainage and aeromedical evacuation. We review the patient’s case, the need for serial pericardial drainage, and the available literature on this disorder.
Keywords:
pericarditis;
streptococcus anginosus;
cardiac tamponade
Journal Title: Open Forum Infectious Diseases
Year Published: 2017
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Journal Title: Open Forum Infectious Diseases
Year Published: 2017
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