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Chronic constrictive pericarditis. A case report and review of the literature
R G Nahass1, P Scholz, J W Mackenzie
1Department of Medicine, University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, New Brunswick.
Archives of Internal Medicine
|May 1, 1989
Abstract:
Actinomycosis is typically a chronic infection of the cervicofascial, thoracic, or abdominal region. Involvement of the heart occurs but is unusual. We present a case of chronic constrictive pericarditis caused by actinomycetes. The actinomycosis infection was present for 20 years, thereby representing the longest duration reported in the literature, to our knowledge.