Infectious and Noninfectious Acute Pericarditis in Children: An 11-Year Experience

Table 1

Causes of acute pericarditis in 32 children (2004-2014).

Etiology	Frequency
Infectious (11)
Staphylococcus aureus	4 (2 MSSA; 2 MRSA)
Histoplasma capsulatum	2
Mycoplasma pneumoniae	2
Enterovirus	1
Influenza A	1
Purulent (negative cultures)	1
Non-Infectious (21)
Systemic lupus erythematosus	5
Juvenile idiopathic arthritis	2
Undetermined inflammatory cause	2
B-cell non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma	1
Epicardial xanthogranuloma	1
Cardiomyopathy	2
Undetermined (2 with underlying malignancy)	6
Total	32

MSSA: methicillin-susceptible Staphylococcus aureus. MRSA: methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus.