Haemophilus influenzae serotype f purulent pericarditis: a cause of death in a child with Down syndrome

Janis M Taube; Grover M Hutchins; Karen C Carroll; Luca A Vricella; Janet Scheel; Marc K Halushka

doi:10.1016/j.diagmicrobio.2006.01.032

Haemophilus influenzae serotype f purulent pericarditis: a cause of death in a child with Down syndrome

Diagn Microbiol Infect Dis. 2006 Sep;56(1):87-9. doi: 10.1016/j.diagmicrobio.2006.01.032. Epub 2006 Apr 19.

Authors

Janis M Taube¹, Grover M Hutchins, Karen C Carroll, Luca A Vricella, Janet Scheel, Marc K Halushka

Affiliation

¹ Department of Pathology, The Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, Baltimore, MD 21287, USA.

PMID: 16626910
DOI: 10.1016/j.diagmicrobio.2006.01.032

Abstract

Purulent pericarditis is a cardiac emergency that can be difficult to diagnose and can be rapidly fatal. We report the case of a child with Down syndrome and recent atrial and ventricular septal defect repair who died from Haemophilus influenzae serotype f pericarditis.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Down Syndrome / complications
Fatal Outcome
Female
Haemophilus Infections / complications*
Haemophilus influenzae* / classification
Haemophilus influenzae* / pathogenicity
Heart Septal Defects / surgery
Humans
Infant
Pericarditis / microbiology*
Serotyping / methods