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An uncommon complication of staphylococcal pneumonia: pneumopericardium with cardiac tamponade
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  1. Edson Marchiori,
  2. Clarissa Canella,
  3. Bruno Hochhegger,
  4. Gláucia Zanetti
  1. Department of Radiology, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Rua Prof. Rodolfo Paulo Rocco, n° 255—Cidade Universitária—Ilha do Fundão—CEP 219 419-13. Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
  1. Correspondence to Professor Edson Marchiori, Rua Thomaz Cameron, 438, Valparaiso, Petrópolis, Rio de Janeiro CEP 25685, 120, Brazil; edmarchiori{at}gmail.com

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A 1-year-old girl presented with a 3-day history of fever, cough, and dyspnoea. A chest radiograph demonstrated consolidation in the right upper lobe (figure 1A). Laboratory tests showed leucocytosis and blood culture showed oxacillin-sensitive Staphylococcus aureus. A radiograph performed 12 days later (figure 1B) showed pneumatocoele formation. …

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