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. 1988 Jul;60(1):87–89. doi: 10.1136/hrt.60.1.87

A progressive pericardial effusion caused by psittacosis.

S R Page 1, J T Stewart 1, J J Bernstein 1
PMCID: PMC1216522  PMID: 3408623

Abstract

A patient developed signs of a progressive pericardial effusion over a period of eight days. Diagnostic and therapeutic pericardiocentesis was performed. Viral titres to psittacosis rose from less than 1:8 to greater than 1:256 indicating recent infection.

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