Protein-Losing Enteropathy and CD4+ T-Cell Immunodeficiency Complicated by Listeria monocytogenes Constrictive Pericarditis

Yoo Jin Kim; Abhishek Gami; Sarah Schumacher; Matthew Belanger; Priya Umapathi

doi:10.1016/j.jaccas.2024.102463

Protein-Losing Enteropathy and CD4+ T-Cell Immunodeficiency Complicated by Listeria monocytogenes Constrictive Pericarditis

JACC Case Rep. 2024 Aug 21;29(16):102463. doi: 10.1016/j.jaccas.2024.102463.

Authors

Yoo Jin Kim¹, Abhishek Gami¹, Sarah Schumacher¹, Matthew Belanger², Priya Umapathi²

Affiliations

¹ Department of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, USA.
² Division of Cardiology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, USA.

Abstract

Listeria monocytogenes is a rare and often fatal cause of pericarditis. This paper presents a patient with heart failure with preserved ejection fraction, CD4+ T-cell deficiency, and L monocytogenes constrictive pericarditis. This case highlights a rare association between heart failure and immunodeficiency, in addition to the multidisciplinary management of constrictive pericarditis.

Keywords: acute heart failure; constrictive; diastolic heart failure.

Publication types

Case Reports