PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - J H Svendsen
AU  - V Jønsson
AU  - U Niebuhr
TI  - Combined pericarditis and pneumonia caused by Legionella infection.
AID  - 10.1136/hrt.58.6.663
DP  - 1987 Dec 01
TA  - British Heart Journal
PG  - 663--664
VI  - 58
IP  - 6
4099  - http://heart.bmj.com/content/58/6/663.short
4100  - http://heart.bmj.com/content/58/6/663.full
SO  - Heart1987 Dec 01; 58
AB  - During a one year period acute pericarditis was diagnosed in 16 consecutive patients without acute infarction or malignancy. In two of these patients with both pericarditis and pneumonia Legionella infection was present. One case was caused by Legionella longbeachae and the other by both Legionella longbeachae and Legionella jordanis. When pericarditis is associated with pneumonia Legionella infection should be sought so that effective treatment with erythromycin may be started early.