title: Hemophilus influenzae pericarditis.
abstract: Although Hemophilus influenzae infections have long been considered to be a disease of childhood, recent reports have demonstrated an increasing frequency of serious Hemophilus influenzae infections in adults. A case of purulent H. influenzae pericarditis in a previously healthy adult without evidence of concurrent H. influenzae infection is reported.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D004452:Echocardiography; D006192:Haemophilus Infections / Q000150:complications*; D006193:Haemophilus influenzae; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010490:Pericardial Effusion / Q000175:diagnosis; D010493:Pericarditis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology*; D011859:Radiography