Opportunistic Listeria pericardial effusion.
case_report · Level V
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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.
Medical subject headings
- Listeriosis
- Opportunistic Infections
- Pericardial Effusion