Abstract
Purulent pericarditis is uncommon among paediatric patients and cases caused by group A Streptococcus (GAS) are even rarer. We report a four-month-old female infant who was referred to the Royal Hospital, Muscat, Oman, in 2015 with pericardial effusion and cardiac tamponade. She had initially presented to a secondary hospital with a two-week history of fever, a runny nose and shortness of breath. Blood and pericardial fluid cultures confirmed GAS isolates. The infant was treated with a two-week course of antibiotics and made a complete recovery with no echocardiographical evidence of pericardial effusion at a two-month follow-up. To the best of the authors’ knowledge, this case constitutes the youngest infant to present with GAS pericarditis. As invasive GAS infections can present in infancy, early recognition and treatment is required.
Publication details
- DOI
- 10.18295/squmj.2016.17.02.020
- Journal
- Sultan Qaboos University Medical Journal, 17(2), 241-243
- Publisher
- Sultan Qaboos University
- Open access
- Gold open access
- License
- CC BY-ND 4.0
Cite this article
APA 7
Al-Waili, B. R., Zacharias, S. K., & Emad (2025). Group A Streptococcal Pericarditis in a Four-Month-Old Infant: Case report. Sultan Qaboos University Medical Journal, 17(2), 241-243. https://doi.org/10.18295/squmj.2016.17.02.020
MLA 9
Al-Waili, Badria R., et al. "Group A Streptococcal Pericarditis in a Four-Month-Old Infant: Case report." Sultan Qaboos University Medical Journal, vol. 17, no. 2, 2025, pp. 241-243. https://doi.org/10.18295/squmj.2016.17.02.020.
Chicago (author–date)
Al-Waili, Badria R., Sunny K. Zacharias, and Emad. 2025. "Group A Streptococcal Pericarditis in a Four-Month-Old Infant: Case report." Sultan Qaboos University Medical Journal 17 (2): 241-243. https://doi.org/10.18295/squmj.2016.17.02.020.
Harvard
Al-Waili, B. R., Zacharias, S. K. and Emad (2025) 'Group A Streptococcal Pericarditis in a Four-Month-Old Infant: Case report', Sultan Qaboos University Medical Journal, 17(2), pp. 241-243. doi:10.18295/squmj.2016.17.02.020.
Vancouver
Al-Waili BR, Zacharias SK, Emad. Group A Streptococcal Pericarditis in a Four-Month-Old Infant: Case report. Sultan Qaboos University Medical Journal. 2025;17(2):241-243. doi:10.18295/squmj.2016.17.02.020
IEEE
B. R. Al-Waili, S. K. Zacharias, and Emad, "Group A Streptococcal Pericarditis in a Four-Month-Old Infant: Case report," Sultan Qaboos University Medical Journal, vol. 17, no. 2, pp. 241-243, 2025, doi: 10.18295/squmj.2016.17.02.020.