Pseudomonal pericarditis complicating cystic fibrosis

✍ Scribed by William A. Altemeier; Mark R. Tonelli; Moira L. Aitken

• Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
• Year: 1999
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 56 KB
• Volume: 27
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 8755-6863
• DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1099-0496(199901)27:1<62::aid-ppul12>3.0.co;2-u

✦ Synopsis

Patients with advanced cystic fibrosis typically have chronic bacterial infection of the upper and lower respiratory tracts, but rarely develop extrapulmonary sites of infection. We report a case of purulent pericarditis due to Pseudomonas aeruginosa in a patient with cystic fibrosis and no other risk factors for pericarditis. This is a previously unreported complication in cystic fibrosis prior to lung transplantation.