Affiliation:
1. Department of Pediatric Diseases Gaziantep University School of Medicine Gaziantep, Turkey
Abstract
A 7-year-old girl presented with fibrinous purulent pericardial effusion secondary to Staphylococcus aureus osteomyelitis. Poor drainage was achieved by pericardiocentesis, but intrapericardial fibrinolytic therapy with streptokinase restored effective drainage and the patient recovered rapidly.
Subject
Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine,Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine,General Medicine,Surgery