[Acute pericarditis of unusual etiology].
Extrapulmonary manifestations of Legionella pneumophilia infection are infrequent. Cardiac involvement can occur. We observed an unusual case which led to acute pericarditis and reviewed the literature on cardiac involvement, particularly pericarditis, in patients which legionellosis.
Larive
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Service de Pneumologie, Hôpital d'Instruction des Armées, Laveran, Marseille.
Nguyen Huy Thuy
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G
Auvray
E
E
Heno
P
P
Barlesi
F
F
Garnotel
E
E
Miltgen
J
J
Graffin
B
B
Bonnet
D
D
D000208:Acute Disease; D000328:Adult; D006801:Humans; D007877:Legionnaires' Disease; D008297:Male; D010493:Pericarditis / Q000382:microbiology*
Une péricardite aiguë d'étiologie inhabituelle.