{"database":"biostudies-literature","file_versions":[],"scores":null,"additional":{"omics_type":["Unknown"],"volume":["12"],"submitter":["Lim DJ"],"pubmed_abstract":["<h4>Introduction</h4>Bacterial pericarditis is rare in the antibiotic era but remains potentially fatal due to rapid progression and high mortality. Herein, we report an unusual case of methicillin-sensitive <i>Staphylococcus aureus</i> (MSSA) pericarditis with a transudative pleural effusion in a patient with poorly controlled type 2 diabetes mellitus (DM), illustrating the diagnostic and therapeutic challenges in a complex patient.<h4>Patient concerns and clinical findings</h4>A 47-year-old female patient with a history of presumptive ischemic cardiomyopathy, uncontrolled DM (a glycated hemoglobin level of 14.2%), and treated pulmonary tuberculosis (TB) presented with pleuritic chest tightness, fever, and dyspnea. Examinations and investigations revealed a moderate-to-large pericardial e"],"journal":["Frontiers in cardiovascular medicine"],"pagination":["1674940"],"full_dataset_link":["https://www.ebi.ac.uk/biostudies/studies/S-EPMC12660183"],"repository":["biostudies-literature"],"pubmed_title":["Case Report: Acute methicillin-sensitive &lt;i&gt;Staphylococcus aureus&lt;/i&gt; pericarditis in a diabetic patient."],"pmcid":["PMC12660183"],"pubmed_authors":["Sng ECY","Chai SC","Ruan X","Uy FM","Huang WL","Lim DJ","Yii A","Soo IX","Khoo JN","Lu R"],"additional_accession":[]},"is_claimable":false,"name":"Case Report: Acute methicillin-sensitive &lt;i&gt;Staphylococcus aureus&lt;/i&gt; pericarditis in a diabetic patient.","description":"<h4>Introduction</h4>Bacterial pericarditis is rare in the antibiotic era but remains potentially fatal due to rapid progression and high mortality. Herein, we report an unusual case of methicillin-sensitive <i>Staphylococcus aureus</i> (MSSA) pericarditis with a transudative pleural effusion in a patient with poorly controlled type 2 diabetes mellitus (DM), illustrating the diagnostic and therapeutic challenges in a complex patient.<h4>Patient concerns and clinical findings</h4>A 47-year-old female patient with a history of presumptive ischemic cardiomyopathy, uncontrolled DM (a glycated hemoglobin level of 14.2%), and treated pulmonary tuberculosis (TB) presented with pleuritic chest tightness, fever, and dyspnea. Examinations and investigations revealed a moderate-to-large pericardial e","dates":{"release":"2025-01-01T00:00:00Z","publication":"2025","modification":"2026-06-05T21:19:55.04Z","creation":"2026-05-22T03:08:49.646Z"},"accession":"S-EPMC12660183","cross_references":{"pubmed":["41322489"],"doi":["10.3389/fcvm.2025.1674940"]}}