title: Chronic constrictive pericarditis. A case report and review of the literature.
abstract: Actinomycosis is typically a chronic infection of the cervicofascial, thoracic, or abdominal region. Involvement of the heart occurs but is unusual. We present a case of chronic constrictive pericarditis caused by actinomycetes. The actinomycosis infection was present for 20 years, thereby representing the longest duration reported in the literature, to our knowledge.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, New Brunswick.
authors.forename: R G
authors.initials: RG
authors.lastname: Nahass
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Scholz
authors.forename: J W
authors.initials: JW
authors.lastname: Mackenzie
authors.forename: D J
authors.initials: DJ
authors.lastname: Gocke
mesh_terms: D000196:Actinomycosis / Q000175:diagnosis*; D002908:Chronic Disease; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010494:Pericarditis, Constrictive / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology