title: Myopericarditis associated with Fusobacterium nucleatum-caused liver abscess.
abstract: A wide clinical spectrum of bacteremic disease caused by Fusobacterium has been presented in this journal. We wish to extend this spectrum by presenting a case of myopericarditis resulting from a liver abscess caused by F. nucleatum. While F. nucleatum plays an important role in periodontal disease, and has been isolated from skin ulcers, liver abscesses, urinary tract infections, and endocarditis, a single case of F. nucleatum-induced pericarditis is documented in the literature.
authors.affiliation: From the Department of Emergency Medicine, Alpert Medical School of Brown University, Rhode Island Hospital , Providence, RI , USA.
authors.forename: Alexis
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Kearney
authors.forename: Bettina
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Knoll
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005674:Fusobacterium Infections / Q000382:microbiology*; D016967:Fusobacterium nucleatum / Q000302:isolation & purification* / Q000472:pathogenicity; D006801:Humans; D008100:Liver Abscess / Q000382:microbiology*; D008297:Male; D009205:Myocarditis / Q000382:microbiology*; D010493:Pericarditis / Q000382:microbiology*; D055815:Young Adult
keywords: Fusobacterium; abscess; myopericarditis; pyogenic liver abscess