Review Pericarditis: Because Anaerobic Bacteria and Diagnosis

Authors

  • Ilham A. Bunyn Department of Microbiology, College of Medicine, University of Babylon, Iraq
  • Mohammed A. Shuailah Department of Microbiology, College of Medicine, University of Babylon, Iraq
  • Zaytoon A. R. AL-Khafaji Hospital of Imam AL-Sadiq/Department of Cardiology/ Ministry of Health, Iraq
  • Ameem N. Oda Pharmacist
  • Dunya N. Oda Pharmacist
  • Ahmed J. Abbas Merjan Teaching Hospital/Ministry of Health, Iraq
  • Alyaa H. Alghrairi Assistant lecturer. Department of, Microbiology, College of Medicine, University of ‎Diyala, 32001, Ba’aqubah, Diyala, Iraq

Abstract

Pericarditis is an extremely common pathologic situation affecting the pericardium and is defined as the pericardial sac inflammation. Temporarily, it might be categorized as, subacute pericarditis, acute pericarditis, the chronic pericarditis, and recurring pericarditis, with the last occurring in thirty percent of illness cases. Other pericardial disorders, like pericardial effusion, tamponade of the heart, effusive-constrictive pericarditis and restrictive pericarditis, could be linked with pericarditis. This activity examines the contribution of bacteria- and viruses as causal agents in many cases of pericarditis, in additionally the assessment, treatment, and prediction of pericarditis The most frequent anaerobes found in pericarditis patients are gram-negative bacilli, mainly from the Bacteroides fragilis group, in addition to Actinomyces spp., Fusobacterium, Bifidobacterium, Peptostreptococcus, and Clostridium. The subsequent mechanisms can cause anaerobic bacteria to spread from pericarditis: (i) from an adjacent place of infection, either completely new or following trauma or surgery (oesophageal fistula or aperture, and tooth development, pleuropulmonary,); (ii) from an infection venue within the heart, most ordinarily from endocarditis; (iii) due to an infection that originating in the blood; and (iv) the inoculation directly after a penetrative injury or the surgery of cardiothoracic. The resistance of gram-negative anaerobic bacteria to penicillin's and other anti-microbial medications is higher.

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Published

2024-01-30

How to Cite

Bunyn, I. A., Shuailah, M. A., AL-Khafaji, Z. A. R., Oda, A. N., Oda, D. N., Abbas, A. J., & Alghrairi , A. H. (2024). Review Pericarditis: Because Anaerobic Bacteria and Diagnosis. World of Medicine : Journal of Biomedical Sciences, 2(1), 282–286. Retrieved from https://wom.semanticjournals.org/index.php/biomed/article/view/228