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Case Reports
. 1990 Mar;66(773):203-4.
doi: 10.1136/pgmj.66.773.203.

Opportunistic Listeria pericardial effusion

A M Crellin  1 , D S Shareef, E J Maher
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Case Reports

Opportunistic Listeria pericardial effusion

A M Crellin et al. Postgrad Med J. 1990 Mar.

Abstract

A case is described of pericardial effusion due to Listeria monocytogenes infection in a woman with advanced carcinoma of the cervix, rheumatoid arthritis and on corticosteroid therapy. Focal infection with listeria in immunocompromised adults has a high mortality unless promptly diagnosed. The correct diagnosis may have been made if an unexplained pericardial effusion had been tapped.

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