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Constrictive pericarditis in a post–renal transplant patient: a case report [PDF]

, 2014
INTRODUCTION: Constrictive pericarditis is a rare complication in the post–renal transplant period. It poses a diagnostic dilemma even in the modern era. Its incidence is not known and tuberculosis is implicated in some of the cases. CASE PRESENTATION: A
Chaminda Kularathne, Harshani D Perera, Ranga M Weerakkody, Rezvi Sheriff   +3 more
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Recommendations for the diagnosis of pediatric tuberculosis [PDF]

, 2016
Tuberculosis (TB) is still the world's second most frequent cause of death due to infectious diseases after HIV infection, and this has aroused greater interest in identifying and managing exposed subjects, whether they are simply infected or have ...
A Catanzaro, A Cattamanchi, A Gwee, A Lalvani, A Mukherjee, A Naseer, A Polesky, A. Guarino, A. Lo Vecchio, A. Villani, AE Khan, AJ Hayes, AK Detjen, AM Mandalakas, American Academy of Pediatrics, American Academy of Pediatrics, American Thoracic Society, AR Bamford, AT Cruz, AT Cruz, BJ Marais, BJ Marais, BJ Marais, BJ Marais, BM Bergamini, C Debord, C Duicu, C Piersimoni, C Winston, C. Gabiano, C. Russo, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), CLSI, CLSI, CT Hugo-Hamman, D Buonsenso, D Menzies, D Parashar, D Wang, D. Ciofi, D. Cirillo, DA Lewinsohn, DB Young, DC Stefan, DE Griffith, DE Snider Jr, DI Ling, DI Ling, E Bruzzese, E Chiappini, E Chiappini, E Tortoli, E Tortoli, E. Castagnola, E. Chiappini, E. Tortoli, EA Burkett, EC Pearce, EM Trecarichi, F Chow, F Laraque, F Tinsa, F. Bernardi, FG Youssef, G Antonucci, G Hussey, G Mazurek, G. L. Marseglia, G. Losurdo, GE Oramasionwu, GE Thwaites, HA Moore, HC Maltezou, HE Teo, HJ Zar, HS Hosalkar, I Berggren Palme, I Pavić, I Shah, I Solovic, J Cordova, JR Starke, K Okada, K Schepers, K Weyer, KK Locham, KS Wong, L Bianchi, L Cormican, L Pollock, L Pontual de, L Richeldi, L Richeldi, LE Scott, LM Franchi, M Bates, M Brown, M Hatherill, M Losi, M Pienaar, M. Bocchino, M. Tadolini, MA Davies, MB Conde, ME Török, MP Golden, MV Rose, MX Rangaka, N Principi, N Tukvadze, NJ Farinha, NS Planting, O Boachie-Adjei, O Uygur-Bayramicli, P Britton, P Hepple, P Miotto, P Miotto, P. Tomà, PA Jong de, PC Hopewell, PM Pasco, R Basu Roy, R Kumar, R Zrinski Topić, RA Leder, RG English, RN Zyl-Smit van, S Andronikou, S Andronikou, S Khalilzadeh, S Lucas, S Marais, S Moyo, S Owens, S. Esposito, S. Garazzino, SA Madhi, SC Auld, SE McMullen, T Haustein, UA Qureshi, W Phongsamart   +142 more
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Tuberculous Pericarditis in Childhood: A Case Report and a Systematic Literature Review

Pathogens
Tuberculous pericarditis (TBP) is an important cause of pericarditis worldwide while being infrequent in childhood, especially in low-TB-incidence countries.
Laura Venuti, Anna Condemi, Chiara Albano, Giovanni Boncori, Valeria Garbo, Sara Bagarello, Antonio Cascio, C. Colomba   +7 more
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Tuberculous Pericarditis, Two Case Report

International Journal of Medical Science and Clinical Research Studies, 2023
Background: Mycobacterium tuberculosis is among the leading causes of death, usually in underdeveloped countries, being the state of Baja California with most cases and deaths in Mexico.
Hirata Medina Nancy Midory, Sandoval Briones Jocelin Lisset, Barruquín Sandoval Claudia Pamela, Cervantes de Carlos Cereza Guadalupe, Cota Andara Manuel Eduardo, De Rosenzweig Villegas Carlos, Jaramillo Ramirez Hiram Javier   +6 more
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Clinical Significance of Preoperative Pyrazinamide-Containing Therapy in Tuberculous Constrictive Pericarditis

Infection and Drug Resistance
Background Tuberculous constrictive pericarditis (TCP) is recommended to be treated with anti-tuberculosis (TB) therapy before pericardiectomy. Whether different preoperative anti-TB regimens may lead to different outcomes is unclear.
Likui Fang, Wenfeng Yu, Guocan Yu, Gang Chen, B. Ye   +4 more
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Tuberculous pericarditis-a silent and challenging disease: A case report

World Journal of Clinical Cases, 2022
BACKGROUND Tuberculous pericarditis (TP) remains a challenge for endemic countries. In developing countries, one to two percent of patients with pulmonary tuberculosis develops TP.
O. Lucero, M. Bustos, Darwin Jhoan Ariza Rodríguez, J. Pérez   +3 more
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O uso da adenosina deaminase no diagnóstico da tuberculose pericárdica [PDF]

, 2007
The objective of this study was to evaluate the adenosine deaminase (ADA) activity usefulness in the diagnosis of tuberculous pericarditis (TP), comparing its value with pericardial effusions (PE) caused by other pericardial diseases.
Almeida, Gisele M. Duboc de, Antonangelo, Leila, Ho, Yeh Li, Silva, Vivian Iida da, Tuon, Felipe Francisco   +4 more
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Value of Tygerberg Scoring for the Diagnosis and Management of Tuberculous Pericarditis [PDF]

, 2012
Extra pulmonary tuberculosis occurs in 20% of patients with tuberculosis. Tuberculosis pericarditis is seen in 1-8% of these patients. Tuberculosis has been reported to be the cause of acute pericarditis in 60-80% of the patients in the developing world.
Kurniyanto, Lumban Gaol, Donnie, Pangaribuan, Achnes, Tanggo, Yunus   +3 more
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GeneXpert MTB/RIF Ultra vs Unstimulated Interferon γ (IRISA-TB) for the Diagnosis of Tuberculous Pericarditis in a Tuberculosis-Endemic Setting

Open Forum Infectious Diseases
Background Tuberculous pericarditis (TBP) is a paucibacillary disease, where host biomarkers such as unstimulated interferon γ (IRISA-TB) have high diagnostic accuracy. However, DNA-based diagnostic tests (GeneXpert Ultra), more sensitive than an earlier
P. Randall, A. Esmail, Lindsay Wilson, E. Makambwa, A. Pooran, M. Tomasicchio, K. Dheda, M. Ntsekhe   +7 more
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Comparison of the Diagnostic Accuracy of Xpert MTB/RIF and CapitalBio Mycobacterium RT-PCR Detection Assay for Tuberculous Pericarditis

Infection and Drug Resistance, 2022
Purpose We evaluated CapitalBio Mycobacterium RT-PCR assay diagnosing tuberculous pericarditis (TBP), performed a head-to-head comparison with Xpert MTB/RIF, and assessed the impact of a parallel test (positive result for either of these two tests ...
Guocan Yu, Linhua Wang, Yanqin Shen, Likui Fang, Jun Yang, B. Ye, Kan Xu, Fangming Zhong   +7 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source