Cardiac Tamponade from Purulent Pericarditis due to Cutibacterium acnes

Table 2

Pleural and pericardial fluid analysis.

	Pericardial fluid (pericardiocentesis)	Pericardial fluid (intraoperative)	Pleural fluid (intraoperative)
WBCs	Moderate	Moderate	Few present
RBCs	Too numerous to count	Too numerous to count	Too numerous to count
Cell count	4133 nucleated cells (73% segmented neutrophils)	467 nucleated cells (56% segmented neutrophils)	489 nucleated cells (26% segmented neutrophils)
Appearance	Bloody, purulent	Turbid	Turbid
pH	Not available	7.860	7.99
Triglycerides	Not available	127	153
Amylase (U/L)	Not available	18	20
Glucose	99	116	125
LDH (IU/L)	1545	389	1513
Organisms on staining	None seen	None seen	None seen
Fungal stain	Negative	Negative	Negative
Acid-fast stain	Negative	Negative	Negative
Culture	No growth (but discarded after 72 hours)	Cutibacterium acnes	Cutibacterium acnes