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- * Patients on dialysis are at a higher risk for developing this condition, particularly due to infections that spread through the bloodstream.
- * The case presented involves a male patient with end-stage renal disease who developed a pericardial abscess from a methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) infection, following two previous episodes of uremic pericarditis.
Article Abstract
Purulent pericarditis is an uncommon infection of the pericardial space that can very rarely present as a pericardial abscess. Infection by hematogenous spread in dialysis patients is among the predisposing risk factors that can lead to purulent pericarditis. Herein, we present a pericardial abscess case due to methicillin-resistant (MRSA) infection in a male patient with end-stage renal disease (ESRD) on hemodialysis. The patient has a past surgical history of two prior pericardial effusions due to uremic pericarditis.
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