TITLE:
Cardiac tamponade due to group a streptococcal pericarditis in a 10-month-old boy and a review of the literature
AUTHORS:
Matthew C. Schwartz, Matthew J. Gillespie, Paul Stephens, Brian Fisher
KEYWORDS:
Streptococcus; Pericarditis; Pericardiocentesis; Tamponade
JOURNAL NAME:
Open Journal of Pediatrics,
Vol.1 No.4,
December
19,
2011
ABSTRACT: Group A streptococcus (GAS) is a rare cause of purulent pericarditis in pediatric patients as only 7 cases have been reported. We present a 10-month-old boy who developed cardiac tamponade from GAS and was successfully treated with subxiphoid tube drainage and 4 weeks of antibiotics at the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia.