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Journal of Clinical Microbiology, August 2008, p. 2817-2819, Vol. 46, No. 8
0095-1137/08/$08.00+0     doi:10.1128/JCM.01018-08
Copyright © 2008, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.

CASE REPORT

Purulent Pericarditis with Greenish Pericardial Effusion Caused by Shewanella algae{triangledown}

Che-Kim Tan,1,2 Chih-Cheng Lai,3 Wei-Khie Kuar,1 and Po-Ren Hsueh4*

Department of Intensive Care Medicine, Chi-Mei Medical Center, Tainan, Taiwan,1 Department of Internal Medicine, Taipei Medical University, Taipei, Taiwan,2 Department of Internal Medicine, Yi-Min Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan,3 Departments of Laboratory Medicine and Internal Medicine, National Taiwan University Hospital, National Taiwan University College of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan4

Received 28 May 2008/ Returned for modification 6 June 2008/ Accepted 16 June 2008

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.

* Corresponding author. Mailing address: Depts. of Laboratory Medicine and Internal Medicine, National Taiwan University, No. 7, Chung-Shan S. Rd., 100 Taipei, Taiwan. Phone: 886-2-3123456. Fax: 886-2-23224263. E-mail: hsporen{at}ntu.edu.tw

{triangledown} Published ahead of print on 25 June 2008.

Journal of Clinical Microbiology, August 2008, p. 2817-2819, Vol. 46, No. 8
0095-1137/08/$08.00+0     doi:10.1128/JCM.01018-08
Copyright © 2008, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.





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