title: Cardiac tamponade likely due to candida infection, in an immunocompetent patient.
abstract: Candida pericarditis is a rare disease described mainly in immunodepressed patients. Here we report the case of a 76-year-old immunocompetent woman who developed a purulent pericarditis 48 hours after pericardiocentesis. Usual etiologies such as cancer or pericardo-oesophageal fistula, were ruled out. Physical examination revealed a sub-mammary mycosis, which could have led to the infection. The early diagnosis and treatment with a combined medical and surgical approach succeeded in a favorable evolution of this case.
authors.affiliation: Cardiology department, CHU Arnaud-de-Villeneuve, Arnaud-de-Villeneuve university hospital, 371, avenue du Doyen-Gaston-Giraud, 34295 Montpellier, France.
authors.forename: Z
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Khoueiry
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Delseny
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Leclercq
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Piot
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Roubille
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000935:Antifungal Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D015992:Body Mass Index; D002177:Candidiasis / Q000150:complications*; D002305:Cardiac Tamponade / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000628:therapy*; D042241:Early Diagnosis; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006973:Hypertension / Q000150:complications; D007121:Immunocompetence; D009765:Obesity / Q000150:complications; D020519:Pericardiocentesis / Q000009:adverse effects; D010493:Pericarditis / Q000382:microbiology / Q000628:therapy; D010998:Pleurisy / Q000382:microbiology / Q000628:therapy; D018410:Pneumonia, Bacterial / Q000150:complications; D012008:Recurrence; D012307:Risk Factors; D016896:Treatment Outcome
chemical_list: D000935:Antifungal Agents