Acupuncture related acute purulent pericarditis masquerading uremic pericarditis

• Main Authors: Waqas Ullah (Author), Sohaib Roomi (Author), Zeeshan Sattar (Author), Asrar Ahmad (Author), Zain Ali (Author), Usman Sarwar (Author), Vincent Figueredo (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Greater Baltimore Medical Center, 2019-05-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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We are reporting a rare case of acupuncture-related acute pericarditis in an old-aged gentleman due to Staphylococcus aureus infection who was successfully managed with drainage of pericardial fluid and broad-spectrum antibiotics. We also reviewed the literature and found cardiac tamponade as the mo...