Chronic Constrictive Pericarditis: A Case Report and Review of the Literature

doi:10.1001/archinte.1989.00390050152033

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Chronic Constrictive Pericarditis

A Case Report and Review of the Literature

Ronald G. Nahass, MD; Peter Scholz, MD; James W. Mackenzie, MD; David J. Gocke, MD

Arch Intern Med. 1989;149(5):1202-1203.

Abstract

• Actinomycosis is typically a chronic infection of thecervicofascial, thoracic, or abdominal region. Involvement ofthe heart occurs but is unusual. We present a case of chronicconstrictive pericarditis caused by actinomycetes. The actinomycosisinfection was present for 20 years, thereby representing thelongest duration reported in the literature, to our knowledge.

(Arch Intern Med. 1989;149:1202-1203)

Author Affiliations

From the Division of Allergy, Immunology, and Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine (Drs Nahass and Gocke), and the Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Department of Surgery (Drs Scholz and Mackenzie), University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey–Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, New Brunswick, NJ.

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Accepted for publication November 14, 1988.

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