Question of the Week

Which one of the following first-line therapies should be provided after pericardiocentesis in a 20-year-old man presenting with a first episode of a new large pericardial effusion, symptoms of acute pericarditis, an elevated erythrocyte sedimentation rate, and no risk factors for tuberculosis? Methotrexate Azathioprine Aspirin and colchicine Prednisone Intrapericardial triamcinolone