Haemophilus influenzae serotype f purulent pericarditis: a cause of death in a child with Down syndrome

Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease
Janis M TaubeMarc K Halushka

Abstract

Purulent pericarditis is a cardiac emergency that can be difficult to diagnose and can be rapidly fatal. We report the case of a child with Down syndrome and recent atrial and ventricular septal defect repair who died from Haemophilus influenzae serotype f pericarditis.

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Dec 7, 2007·Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease·Robert L Elwood, Roberta L DeBiasi

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