Author/Authors :
Kouerinis، Ilias A. نويسنده Department of Cardiac Surgery, Northern General Hospital, Sheffield Teaching Hospitals, Sheffield, United Kingdom , , Chetty، Govind نويسنده Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Northern General Hospital, Sheffield, , , Lazaros، George نويسنده First Department of Cardiac Surgery and Cardiology, University of Athens, Hippokration Hospital, Athens, Greece , , Karagkiouzis، Grigorios نويسنده First Department of Cardiac Surgery and Cardiology, University of Athens, Hippokration Hospital, Athens, Greece , , Karathanasis، Ioannis نويسنده First Department of Cardiac Surgery and Cardiology, University of Athens, Hippokration Hospital, Athens, Greece , , Kantsos، Charilaos نويسنده First Department of Cardiac Surgery and Cardiology, University of Athens, Hippokration Hospital, Athens, Greece , , Georgiopoulos، George نويسنده First Department of Cardiac Surgery and Cardiology, University of Athens, Hippokration Hospital, Athens, Greece , , Cooper، Graham نويسنده Department of Cardiac Surgery, Northern General Hospital, Sheffield Teaching Hospitals, Sheffield, United Kingdom ,
Abstract :
Bacterial pericarditis caused by Streptococcus Milleri Group (SMG) strains is a particularly exceptional pathology. All the eight previous reported cases were under the care of medical teams and the seven existed reports in medical journals were more or less from this perspective.
Herein, we reported a unique case of a pericardial-cutaneous fistula resulting from a recurrent purulent pericardial effusion caused by SMG strains, which had been treated with open surgical drainage two months before. A thorough review of the surgical treatment options and the results has also been presented.
