Cardiac Tamponade from Purulent Pericarditis due to Cutibacterium acnes
Purulent pericarditis is a potentially fatal disease with high mortality rates if untreated. Cutibacterium acnes (formerly Propionibacterium acnes) is an anaerobic bacteria that is ubiquitous in skin flora and is commonly thought of as a culture contaminant; however, it does have pathogenic potentia...
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| description | Purulent pericarditis is a potentially fatal disease with high mortality rates if untreated. Cutibacterium acnes (formerly Propionibacterium acnes) is an anaerobic bacteria that is ubiquitous in skin flora and is commonly thought of as a culture contaminant; however, it does have pathogenic potential. We present a case of purulent pericarditis secondary to C. acnes leading to cardiac tamponade. Initial stabilization and diagnosis were made via pericardiocentesis; afterward the patient underwent a pericardial window. Due to a severe penicillin allergy, he was successfully treated with a 14-day course of vancomycin. To our knowledge, this represents only the third published case of purulent pericarditis with cardiac tamponade caused by C. acnes and the first case treated with a 14-day course of vancomycin. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-8f861524079d49cf9edaa0d552066e682025-02-03T01:23:25ZengWileyCase Reports in Cardiology2090-64042090-64122018-01-01201810.1155/2018/47398304739830Cardiac Tamponade from Purulent Pericarditis due to Cutibacterium acnesArdalon Farhat-Sabet0Robert Hull1Dustin Thomas2Department of Internal Medicine, Brooke Army Medical Center, 3551 Roger Brooke Drive, Fort Sam Houston, TX 78234, USADepartment of Cardiology, Brooke Army Medical Center, 3551 Roger Brooke Drive, Fort Sam Houston, TX 78234, USADepartment of Cardiology, Brooke Army Medical Center, 3551 Roger Brooke Drive, Fort Sam Houston, TX 78234, USAPurulent pericarditis is a potentially fatal disease with high mortality rates if untreated. Cutibacterium acnes (formerly Propionibacterium acnes) is an anaerobic bacteria that is ubiquitous in skin flora and is commonly thought of as a culture contaminant; however, it does have pathogenic potential. We present a case of purulent pericarditis secondary to C. acnes leading to cardiac tamponade. Initial stabilization and diagnosis were made via pericardiocentesis; afterward the patient underwent a pericardial window. Due to a severe penicillin allergy, he was successfully treated with a 14-day course of vancomycin. To our knowledge, this represents only the third published case of purulent pericarditis with cardiac tamponade caused by C. acnes and the first case treated with a 14-day course of vancomycin.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2018/4739830 |
| spellingShingle | Ardalon Farhat-Sabet Robert Hull Dustin Thomas Cardiac Tamponade from Purulent Pericarditis due to Cutibacterium acnes Case Reports in Cardiology |
| title | Cardiac Tamponade from Purulent Pericarditis due to Cutibacterium acnes |
| title_full | Cardiac Tamponade from Purulent Pericarditis due to Cutibacterium acnes |
| title_fullStr | Cardiac Tamponade from Purulent Pericarditis due to Cutibacterium acnes |
| title_full_unstemmed | Cardiac Tamponade from Purulent Pericarditis due to Cutibacterium acnes |
| title_short | Cardiac Tamponade from Purulent Pericarditis due to Cutibacterium acnes |
| title_sort | cardiac tamponade from purulent pericarditis due to cutibacterium acnes |
| url | http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2018/4739830 |
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