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. 2020 Dec 29;5(2):ytaa528. doi: 10.1093/ehjcr/ytaa528
Day 0 The patient presented with chest pain, and acute pericarditis was diagnosed.
Day 7 The patient had a fever, and a blood culture was performed.
Day 8 Pericardiocentesis was performed and revealed bloody fluid.
Day 11 Parvimonas micra was detected in the blood and pericardial effusion cultures.
Day 14 Chest computed tomography (CT) revealed an abscess cavity in the pericardial space around the RA and a trabecular shadow suggesting vegetation in the right atrium (RA).
Day 15 Transoesophageal echocardiography revealed vegetation in the RA, and emergency surgery was performed.
Day 51 The patient was discharged after complete recovery.
4 months post-operatively Chest CT and transthoracic echocardiogram denied any recurrence of the abscess cavity and vegetation.
6 months post-operatively The patient had no recurrence of infection or signs of constrictive pericarditis.