Primary Purulent Pericarditis with Cardiac Tamponade due to Oropharyngeal Polymicrobial Infection: A Case Report and Literature Review |
Bhatarai, Mukul
(Department of Internal Medicine, Geisinger Medical Center)
Yost, Gregory (Department of Cardiology, Geisinger Medical Center) Good, Christopher W. (Department of Cardiology, Geisinger Medical Center) White, Charles F. (Department of Oncology, Geisinger Medical Center) Nepal, Hitekshya (Woodside Family Health Center) |
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