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Pancarditis: an unusual complication of a group B streptococcal infection
- Source :
- Acta Clinica Belgica: International Journal of Clinical and Laboratory Medicine; March 2018, Vol. 73 Issue: 2 p156-161, 6p
- Publication Year :
- 2018
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Abstract
- AbstractPancarditis is a rare condition with a poor prognosis combining endocarditis, myocarditis with abscess formation, and purulent pericarditis. Diagnosis is often delayed and the clinical signs are predominantly those of the embolic complications. Literature is scarce. We present a unique and rare case of pancarditis, complicating a Streptococcal B infection in an immunocompetent, healthy, 54 year-old woman. The evolution was favourable under medical therapy alone and thanks to multimodality cardiac imaging diagnosis and follow-up.
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 17843286 and 22953337
- Volume :
- 73
- Issue :
- 2
- Database :
- Supplemental Index
- Journal :
- Acta Clinica Belgica: International Journal of Clinical and Laboratory Medicine
- Publication Type :
- Periodical
- Accession number :
- ejs45134599
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1080/17843286.2017.1339481