Research Article
Infectious and Noninfectious Acute Pericarditis in Children: An 11-Year Experience
Table 3
Pericardial fluid analysis in children with acute pericarditis due to infection.
| | Etiology | Fluid appearance | RBC/mm3 | WBC/mm3 (Differential) | LDH (mg/dl) (fluid/serum) | Protein (gm/l) (fluid/serum) | Glucose (mg/dl) |
| | MSSA | Turbid/straw | 750 | 13,450 (N92%) | 9417/NA | 4.8/6.1 | 19 | | MSSA | Serous/turbid fluid | 8,800 | 1815 (N92%) | NA | 3.6 | 106 | | CA-MRSA | Opaque/bloody | 94,250 | 94,200 (N 86%) | 1161/320 | 3.8/6.4 | 100 | | CA-MRSA (pleural fluid/fibrinous pericarditis) | Hazy/straw | 350 | 710 (N 81%) | 2801/NA | 2.9 | 33 | | Purulent pericarditis with negative cultures | Bloody | 108,500 | 7850 (N 99%) | NA | NA | NA | | Histoplasma | Opaque/bloody | 162,250 | 1540 (N50, L45%) | 1820/336 | 6.1 | 85 | | Histoplasma | Bloody | 550,000 | 1933 (N21, L 55%) | 944/135 | 5.8/6.7 | 62 | | Mycoplsma pneumoniae | Bloody | 2,219,125 | 6985 (N11, L 82%) | 925/NA | 5.1 | 41 | | Mycoplsma pneumoniae | Cloudy/bloody | 27750 | 9750 (N89, L4%) | 1480/NA | 4.9 | 91 | | Enterovirus | Bloody/turbid | 737,160 | 1050 (N70, L24%) | 1228/287 | 5.0/6.0 | 56 | | Influenza A | Clear/yellow | None | 54 (N55, L45%) | 94/NA | 2.8 | 104 |
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N: Neutrophil. L: lymphocyte. NA: not available. MSSA: methicillin susceptible Staphylococcus aureus. CA-MRSA: community-acquired methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus.
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