Fungal pericarditis

Various mycological diseases such as histoplasmosis, coccidiosis, actinomycosis and nocardiosis can affect the pericardium, although fungal pericarditis is rare; but patients with susceptibility to fungi In particular, patients with lymphoma, leukemia, and other systemic diseases who are undergoing immunosuppressive therapy should consider the possibility of this disease if they show signs of pericarditis.

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