Pericardiectomy for Pleuropericardial Effusion Complicating Bacterial Pneumonia

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Severe pericardial effusion is a rare complication of bacterial pneumonia and it usually disappears under medical treatment.

Herein we report a case of a girl with a congenital immunodeficient syndrome and bacterial pneumonia, who developed recurrent and life-threatening pericardial effusion refractory to medical treatment.

She was finally treated with pericardiectomy.