Pericarditis Associated with Toxoplasmosis
Authors: THOMAS C. JONES
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1965)

Case Studies1 April 1965Pericarditis Associated with ToxoplasmosisReport of a Case and Review of the LiteratureTHOMAS C. JONES, M.D., B. H. KEAN, M.D., ANNE C. KIMBALL, PH.D.THOMAS C. JONES, M.D., B. H. KEAN, M.D., ANNE C. KIMBALL, PH.D.Author, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-62-4-786 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptMost patients with pericarditis are discharged from the hospital without knowledge of the cause of their inflammatory process. Descriptive diagnoses such as "benign recurrent pericarditis" and "idiopathic pericarditis" are frequent.For instance, at The New York Hospital 41 cases with a primary diagnosis of pericarditis were observed since 1961. (This excludes those cases obviously related to uremia, myocardial infarction, rheumatic heart disease, thalassemia, collagen vascular disease, and neoplasm.) 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WALLS, Ph.D.Toxoplasmic myocarditis and pericarditisA CASE OF NEUROLOGICAL TOXOPLASMOSIS IN THE ADULT WITH FOCAL MANIFESTATIONSToxoplasma and Toxoplasmosis 1 April 1965Volume 62, Issue 4Page: 786-790KeywordsHistoplasmosisHospital medicineInfectious diseasesInterstitial lung diseasesMyocardial infarctionMyocarditisThalassemiaToxoplasma gondiiToxoplasmosisTropical diseases Issue Published: 1 April 1965 PDF downloadLoading ...