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[Acute pericarditis of unusual etiology]
S Larive1, G Nguyen Huy Thuy, E Auvray
1Service de Pneumologie, Hôpital d'Instruction des Armées, Laveran, Marseille.
Revue De Pneumologie Clinique
|October 14, 1998
Abstract:
Extrapulmonary manifestations of Legionella pneumophilia infection are infrequent. Cardiac involvement can occur. We observed an unusual case which led to acute pericarditis and reviewed the literature on cardiac involvement, particularly pericarditis, in patients which legionellosis.