A case is described of pericardial effusion due to Listeria monocytogenes infection in a woman with advanced carcinoma of the cervix, rheumatoid arthritis and on corticosteroid therapy. Focal infection with listeria in immunocompromised adults has a high mortality unless promptly diagnosed. The correct diagnosis may have been made if an unexplained pericardial effusion had been tapped. © The Fellowship of Postgraduate Medicine, 1990.
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Crellin, A. M., Shareef, D. S., & Maher, E. J. (1990). Opportunistic Listeria pericardial effusion. Postgraduate Medical Journal, 66(773), 203–204. https://doi.org/10.1136/pgmj.66.773.203
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