Descending necrotizing mediastinitis presenting as cardiac tamponade

Rev Port Cardiol. 2011 Feb;30(2):243-8.
[Article in English, Portuguese]
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Abscess* / microbiology
  • Abscess* / therapy
  • Cardiac Tamponade / etiology*
  • Cardiac Tamponade / therapy
  • Child
  • Drainage
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Mediastinitis / complications*
  • Mediastinitis / drug therapy
  • Mediastinitis / pathology
  • Pericardial Effusion / microbiology
  • Pericardial Effusion / therapy
  • Staphylococcal Infections* / drug therapy
  • Staphylococcal Infections* / therapy
  • Staphylococcus aureus