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Cakir, O., Gurkan, F., Balci, A.E., Eren, N. and Dikici, B. (2002) Purulent pericarditis in childhood: Ten years of experience. Journal of Pediatric Surgery, 37, 1404-1408. doi:10.1053/jpsu.2002.35401

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• 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.