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Insights into Imaging of Aortitis [PDF]

, 2012
Background: Aortitis is a subtype of the more general term “vasculitis”, an inflammatory condition of infectious or noninfectious origin involving the vessel wall.
Bankier, Alexander, Litmanovich, Diana, Yıldırım, Afra   +2 more
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Diagnostic utility of pericardial fluid pH in diagnosing infectious pericardial effusions among patients with moderate and large effusions undergoing pericardiocentesis at Groote Schuur Hospital: a subs-study of the IMPI trial [PDF]

, 2021
Diagnosis of infectious pericardial disease has been challenging in the developing world despite improvement of treatment modalities. The diagnostic utility of pH in diagnosing infectious pericardial fluid is unknown, yet this concept is well studied in ...
Kiggundu, Brian
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TUBERCULOUS PERICARDITIS [PDF]

Heart, 1940
H L, Heimann, S, Binder
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Purulent pericarditis due to co-infection with Streptococcus pneumoniae and Mycobacterium tuberculosis in a patient with features of advanced HIV infection

BMC Infectious Diseases, 2007
Background Both Mycobacterium tuberculosis and Streptococcus pneumoniae are common pathogens in patients with HIV infection. Case Presentation We present an unusual case of purulent pericarditis resulting in cardiac tamponade due to infection with both ...
Tikly Mohammed, Louw Andrew
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An uncommon tuberculous journey: from pyothorax to pericardial effusion

The Egyptian Journal of Bronchology
Background Despite advances in antibiotic therapy, bacterial pericarditis leading to pericardial effusion and cardiac tamponade remains a serious concern. Pyopericardium may arise from pneumonia, empyema, thoracic surgery, or hematogenous sepsis.
Rajasi Bundale, Anil Sontakke, Nidhi Girdhar, Hrishikesh Gaikwad, Harshal Ital   +4 more
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ADENOSINEDEAMINASE ACTIVITY IN CEREBROSPINAL FLUID FOR DIAGNOSIS OF TUBERCULOSIS MENINGITIS [PDF]

Background:Tuberculous meningitis remains a serious clinical problem. Missed diagnosis and delayed treatment result in significant morbidity and mortality.
Harish Bhat, Ramakrishna M R, Srinivas T, Srinivasa Rao K, Srinivasa Rao K, Trupti R R   +5 more
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Tuberculous Pericarditis [PDF]

Circulation, 2015
Hsin-Chia, Lin, Chun-Wei, Lu, Mong-Wei, Lin, Shy-Jye, Chen, Jou-Kou, Wang, Mei-Hwan, Wu, Sheunn-Nan, Chiu   +6 more
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The Effects of Angiotensin Converting Enzyme Inhibitors (ACE-I) on Human N-Acetyl-Seryl-Aspartyl-Lysyl-Proline (Ac-SDKP) Levels: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.

PLoS ONE, 2015
BackgroundTuberculous pericardial effusion is a pro-fibrotic condition that is complicated by constrictive pericarditis in 4% to 8% of cases. N-acetyl-seryl-aspartyl-lysyl-proline (Ac-SDKP) is a ubiquitous tetrapeptide with anti-fibrotic properties that ...
Ayanda Trevor Mnguni, Mark E Engel, Megan S Borkum, Bongani M Mayosi   +3 more
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Experience with pericarditis at Groote Schuur Hospital, Cape Town [PDF]

, 2018
No ...
Schrire, V.
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Tuberculous Pericarditis [PDF]

Archives of Internal Medicine, 1956
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