Pericarditis, Bacterial: Multimedia

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Further Reading

Keywords

bacterial pericarditis, purulent pericarditis, inflammation of the pericardium, bacterial infection, pericardium, pericardial effusion, pneumonia, empyema, tamponade, constrictive pericarditis, Haemophilus influenzae, malnutrition, Staphylococcus aureus, respiratory distress, meningitis, acute myocarditis, acute osteomyelitis, arthritis, soft tissue infection, hypovolemia, small airway obstruction, epiglottitis, asthma, Neisseria meningitidis, Streptococcus pneumoniae, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Salmonella species, Francisella tularensis, anaerobic bacteria and fungi, Histoplasma species, coccidioidomycosis, blastomycosis, Aspergillus species, Candida species, Mycoplasma pneumoniae

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John Berger, MD, Departments of Critical Care Medicine and Pediatric Cardiology, Assistant Professor, George Washington University and Children's National Medical Center
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