ABSTRACT
A man with persistent dyspnea was brought to our hospital in an
emergency. Cardiac catheterization revealed right coronary artery
occlusion. The patient went into shock on the second day of treatment
due to rapid pericardial effusion. The pericardial fluid was cloudy and
non-bloody, which was judged purulent pericarditis.
Keywords : Purulent pericarditis; Sudden cardiac tamponade;
Methicillin-sensitive Staphylococcus aureus