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Constrictive pericarditis following necrotising pneumococcal pneumonia in an immunocompetent child

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  26 June 2019

Putri Yubbu ,
Jasvinder Kaur  and
Johan Aref Jamaluddin
Putri Yubbu*
Affiliation:
Department of Paediatric, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, University Putra Malaysia, Serdang, Malaysia
Jasvinder Kaur
Affiliation:
Department of Paediatric, University Kebangsaan Malaysia Medical Center, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Johan Aref Jamaluddin
Affiliation:
Department of Paediatric, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, University Putra Malaysia, Serdang, Malaysia
*
Author for correspondence: P. Yubbu, Department of Pediatric, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, University Putra Malaysia, Serdang, 43400, Malaysia; Tel: +603894726712; Fax: +06389482507; E-mail: putri7237@gmail.com
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Abstract

Purulent pericarditis leading to constrictive pericarditis is a rare but serious complication following invasive pneumococcal infection. Early recognition of this complication is crucial to prevent mortality. Here, we report a previously healthy child who developed constrictive pericarditis due to purulent pericarditis following necrotising pneumococcal pneumonia, which is not common in this current antibiotic and pneumococcal vaccine era. The child was successfully treated with pericardiectomy.

Keywords

Constrictive pericarditispurulent pericarditisStreptococcus pneumonianecrotizing pneumococcal pneumonia

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Brief Report
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Cardiology in the Young , Volume 29 , Issue 8 , August 2019 , pp. 1101 - 1103
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© Cambridge University Press 2019 

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