An unusual case of fatal pericarditis due to Listeria monocytogenes.
Pericarditis due to Listeria monocytogenes is a very uncommon and serious disease.  We describe a case of fatal subacute pericarditis that was caused by L. monocytogenes in a 61-year-old  woman with Hodgkin's disease who was diagnosed in 1975 and considered cured. In addition, we review  the literature on this condition.
Centre de Biologie-Pathologie, Institut de Microbiologie, CHU Lille, Bld du Pr.Leclercq, Lille Cedex, France.
Mélanie
M
Delvallée
Nicolas
N
Ettahar
Caroline
C
Loïez
Christophe
C
Decoene
René
R
Courcol
Frédéric
F
Wallet
D017809:Fatal Outcome; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008089:Listeria monocytogenes / Q000187:drug effects / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D008088:Listeriosis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000382:microbiology*; D008875:Middle Aged; D010493:Pericarditis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000382:microbiology*