caa a22 4500 397495684 CHVBK 20180308164520.0 cr unu---uuuuu 161202e199508 xx s 000 0 eng 10.1016/S1010-7940(05)80085-5 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)oxford-10.1016/S1010-7940(05)80085-5 Nocardia asteroides purulent pericarditis [Elektronische Daten] A case is reported of a 71-year-old woman who developed cardiactamponade as a result of a pyopericardium. The causative organism wasNocardia asteroides. This is the first reported case in the United Kingdomand only the 9th to be reported in the world. Despite prior radiologicaland echocardiographic investigations, we were unprepared at surgery for thevolume of pus encountered. The dense adhesions, adherent pericardium andloculations encountered emphasizes the need to explore such patientssurgically. We would advocate vigilance as to the possibility ofpericardial involvement, in any patient contracting Nocardia asteroidesinfection. The medical and surgical management of this case is discussedtogether with a review of the literature. European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery Elsevier Science B.V. 9/8(1995-08), 468-470 1010-7940 9:8<468 1995 9 ejcts https://doi.org/10.1016/S1010-7940(05)80085-5 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 abstract jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1016/S1010-7940(05)80085-5 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery Elsevier Science B.V 9/8(1995-08), 468-470 1010-7940 9:8<468 1995 9 ejcts Metadata rights reserved CC BY-NC-4.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0 nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-oxford