Tuberculous Pericarditis—Own Experiences and Recent Recommendations [PDF]
Diagnostics, 2022 Tuberculous pericarditis (TBP) accounts for 1% of all forms of tuberculosis and for 1–2% of extrapulmonary tuberculosis. In endemic regions, TBP accounts for 50–90% of effusive pericarditis; in non-endemic, it only accounts for 4%.
Małgorzata Dybowska +6 more
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Tuberculous pericarditis [PDF]
Biomédica: revista del Instituto Nacional de Salud, 2020 Leonardo F. Jurado +4 more
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Tuberculous Pericarditis Mimicking a Malignant Pericardial Tumor: A Case Report [PDF]
Journal of the Korean Society of Radiology, 2023 Tuberculous pericarditis is an extrapulmonary manifestation of tuberculosis that is most commonly associated with pericardial thickening, effusion, and calcification. We present a case of tuberculous pericarditis mimicking a malignant pericardial tumor
Ji Young Park +6 more
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Tuberculous constrictive pericarditis [PDF]
Research in Cardiovascular Medicine, 2015 Introduction: Constrictive pericarditis is characterized by constriction of the heart secondary to pericardial inflammation. Cardiovascular magnetic resonance (CMR) imaging is useful imaging modality for addressing the challenges of confirming this ...
Gary Tse +5 more
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The Efficiency of TB LAM Antigen Test to Xpert MTB/RIF Ultra Test for the Diagnosis of Tuberculous Pericarditis Using Pericardial Fluid Samples [PDF]
Pathogens, 2023 Medical considerations for early diagnosis of tuberculous pericarditis (TBP) include Xpert MTB/RIF Ultra and TB lipoarabinomannan (LAM) antigen (Ag) tests, with immunological status influencing the performance of the latter.
Samuel Alomatu +4 more
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Tuberculous pericarditis in a 71-year-old immunocompetent patient: Case report [PDF]
IDCasesTuberculosis is a transmissible disease caused by the bacterium Mycobacterium tuberculosis. It is the leading cause of mortality due to infectious diseases.
Carlos Mejia Irias +2 more
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Rare concurrent extrapulmonary tuberculous pericarditis and pleuritis accompanied with lung silicosis [PDF]
Respiratory Medicine Case ReportsExtrapulmonary tuberculosis could affect many organs beside lung airway and parenchyma. The mycobacterium tuberculosis can invade area such as the pleural and pericardium by lymphogenic, hematogenic, or direct infection.
Yulia Devina Suci +2 more
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Tuberculous Pericarditis Presenting as Cardiac Tamponade: Role of Echocardiography. [PDF]
J Med Cases, 2023 Tuberculous pericarditis, a rare but potentially lethal manifestation of tuberculosis, poses diagnostic and therapeutic challenges in clinical practice.
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Clinical Application of the Mycobacterium tuberculosis-RNA Assay of Pericardial Tissue Specimens in the Diagnosis of Tuberculous Pericarditis. [PDF]
Infect Drug Resist, 2023 Purpose To assess the accuracy of the Mycobacterium tuberculosis (MTB)-RNA assay using pericardial tissue specimens for tuberculous pericarditis (TBP) diagnosis. Methods MTB culture and MTB-RNA assay were performed for patients with suspected TBP.
Zhang J, Bu C, Yao L, Xu K.
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Tuberculous Pericarditis [PDF]
New England Journal of Medicine, 2018 info:eu-repo/semantics ...
Faria, D, Freitas, A
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