Candida pericarditis is a rare disease described mainly in immunodepressed patients. Here we report the case of a 76-year-old immunocompetent woman who developed a purulent pericarditis 48 hours after pericardiocentesis. Usual etiologies such as cancer or pericardo-oesophageal fistula, were ruled out. Physical examination revealed a sub-mammary mycosis, which could have led to the infection. The early diagnosis and treatment with a combined medical and surgical approach succeeded in a favorable evolution of this case.
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