Purulent pericarditis with greenish pericardial effusion caused by Shewanella algae.

ABSTRACT: We report the first case of purulent pericarditis with greenish pericardial effusion caused by Shewanella algae in a patient with gastric and gallbladder cancer. This case expands the reported spectrum of infection caused by S. algae and raises the possibility that S. algae is a causative pathogen for purulent pericarditis.

SUBMITTER: Tan CK 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC2519482 | biostudies-literature | 2008 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature