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Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2002;21:591-592
© 2002 Elsevier Science NL

Case report

Pericardial constriction caused by Candida albicans

J. Benedík, Jr^*, J. ern, J. Benedík, M. Dendis

Laboratory of Human Genetics, Centre for Cardiovascular Surgery and Transplantations, Pekarska 53, 656 91 Brno, Czech Republic

Received 25 September 2001; received in revised form 2 November 2001; accepted 5 November 2001.

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An uncommon occurrence of constrictive pericarditis caused by Candida albicans and its treatment by successful pericardectomy and epicardectomy are described. For pathogen detection, both cultivation and molecular diagnostics were used. The speed and reliability of molecular diagnostics using polymerase chain reaction make this method a powerful tool for pathogen detection in any clinical specimen.

Key Words: Pericarditis • Constriction • Candida albicans