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(Chest. 1972;61:79-81.)
© 1972 American College of Chest Physicians

Constrictive Pericarditis due to Infection with Nocardia Asteroides

Carlos M. Chavez M.D., F.C.C.P.1; William A. Causey M.D.1; and J. Harold Conn M.D.1

1 Departments of Surgery and Medicine, University of Mississippi Medical Center and Veterans Administration Center, Jackson, Mississippi

A case of constrictive pericarditis caused by Nocardia asteroides is reported. Pericardiectomy, combined with proper chemotherapy, gave excellent results in the treatment of the patient herein reported. Even though this case represents a primary infection by Nocardia asteroides, this fungus is known for its opportunistic characteristic, which frequently complicates debilitating diseases of variable etiology.




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