Iggo R, Higgins R
Department of Cardiology, John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford.
Thorax. 1988 Jul;43(7):582-3. doi: 10.1136/thx.43.7.582.
A previously fit woman developed a sore throat followed by bilateral empyema and pericarditis due to haemophilus influenzae capsular type b. She was treated successfully with antibiotics, bilateral thoracotomies, and pericardotomy.