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Title: [Purulent pericarditis with a subacute constrictive course. Apropos of a case. Review of the literature]. Author: Gaudelus J, Leraillez J, Dandine M, Nathanson M, Perelman R. Journal: Sem Hop; 1983 May 19; 59(20):1527-32. PubMed ID: 6308775. Abstract: A case of purulent pericarditis due to Hemophilus influenzae is reported. In spite of management by antibiotics and pericardial drainage, the disease ran a subacute course towards pericardial constriction. Fifty-two previously reported cases are reviewed. The most important clinical and paraclinical features are analyzed. Emphasis is put on the factors which promote subacute pericardial constriction.[Abstract] [Full Text] [Related] [New Search]