title: Purulent pericarditis caused by Streptococcus milleri.
abstract: Streptococcus milleri was isolated in pure culture from the pericardial fluid of a 42-year-old man with pulmonary tuberculosis. Pericardiectomy had to be done to cure the pericarditis.
authors.affiliation: First Department of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Kyushu University, Japan.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Akashi
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Ishimaru
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Tsuda
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Nagafuchi
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Itaya
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Hayashi
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Sawae
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Kawachi
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Niho
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000907:Antibodies, Bacterial / Q000032:analysis; D003731:Dental Caries / Q000382:microbiology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010494:Pericarditis, Constrictive / Q000209:etiology* / Q000276:immunology; D013290:Streptococcal Infections / Q000276:immunology; D013291:Streptococcus / Q000276:immunology / Q000302:isolation & purification; D013492:Suppuration
chemical_list: D000907:Antibodies, Bacterial