Pseudomonal pericarditis complicating cystic fibrosis

Pediatr Pulmonol. 1999 Jan;27(1):62-4. doi: 10.1002/(sici)1099-0496(199901)27:1<62::aid-ppul12>3.0.co;2-u.

Abstract

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.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Anti-Inflammatory Agents / administration & dosage
  • Cystic Fibrosis / complications*
  • Disease Progression
  • Drainage
  • Fatal Outcome
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Pericarditis / complications
  • Pericarditis / diagnosis*
  • Pericarditis / therapy
  • Prednisone / administration & dosage
  • Pseudomonas Infections / complications
  • Pseudomonas Infections / diagnosis*
  • Pseudomonas Infections / therapy
  • Pseudomonas aeruginosa / isolation & purification*

Substances

  • Anti-Inflammatory Agents
  • Prednisone