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Tuberculous pericarditis: Challenges and controversies in the modern era [PDF]

, 2016
Tuberculous pericarditis (TBP) continues to wreak havoc across Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). Despite more than 5 decades of treatment and research into TBP, we are not much closer to alleviating the suffering and mortality associated with this extrapulmonary
Kyriakakis, Charles G.
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Fever of Unknown Origin (FUO) : II. Diagnostic procedures in a prospective multicenter study of 167 patients [PDF]

, 1997
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Kleijn, E.M.H.A. de, Lier, H.J.J. van, Meer, J.W.M. van der   +2 more
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Tuberculosis: An Update for the Clinician

Respirology, Volume 30, Issue 3, Page 196-205, March 2025.
ABSTRACT Tuberculosis (TB) remains a significant global health threat with high mortality and efforts to meet WHO End TB Strategy milestones are off‐track. It has become clear that TB is not a dichotomous infection with latent and active forms but presents along a disease spectrum.
Saskia Janssen, Melissa Murphy, Caryn Upton, Brian Allwood, Andreas H. Diacon   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Pericarditis caused by Mycobacterium africanum: case report

BMC Infectious Diseases, 2022
Background Mycobacterium africanum is a member of the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex (MTBC) and is endemic in West Africa, where it causes up to half of all cases of pulmonary tuberculosis.
Paula Mascarell, Alba de la Rica, Sergio Padilla, Montserrat Ruiz-García, José López-Escudero, Javier García-Abellán, Ángela Botella, Mar Masiá, Félix Gutiérrez   +8 more
doaj   +1 more source

Tuberculosis Associated Chylothorax: A Case Report

Respirology Case Reports, Volume 13, Issue 2, February 2025.
This is a case report on a TB associated chylothorax who underwent thoracic duct ligation. ABSTRACT Chylothorax is the accumulation of chyle in the pleural cavity. Tuberculosis is one of its rarest causes. Diagnosis of chylothorax can be made by evaluation of triglycerides concentration in pleural fluid. It is primarily managed medically but surgery is
Niharika Malego, Ranjan Sapkota, Aakriti Sharma, Pratikshya Thapaliya   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Tuberculous pericarditis in Birmingham. [PDF]

Thorax, 1978
Forty-one patients with acute tuberculous pericarditis were studied retrospectively. Anti-tuberculosis chemotherapy alone was effective in thirty. Five patients died, two from unrelated causes, two due to delayed diagnosis, and one after pericardiectomy.
J M Smith, H C Gooi
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Study on the Association Network of Tuberculosis Lesions in Adult Extrapulmonary Tuberculosis in China: A Large‐Scale Multicenter Observational Study

Canadian Journal of Infectious Diseases and Medical Microbiology, Volume 2025, Issue 1, 2025.
Background: Extrapulmonary tuberculosis (EPTB) is a significant health problem which can lead to severe morbidity and mortality. In clinical practice, EPTB can have a variety of nonspecific clinical manifestations and can be concurrent with other types of EPTB.
Jiajia Yu, Yunqing Chang, Chen Liang, Shengsheng Liu, Liang Li, Jian Du, Youcai Li, Hongyan Chen, Jianxiong Liu, Jinshan Ma, Mingwu Li, Jingmin Qin, Wei Shu, Peilan Zong, Yi Zhang, Xiaofeng Yan, Zhiyi Yang, Yongkang Dong, Zaoxian Mei, Qunyi Deng, Pu Wang, Wenge Han, Meiying Wu, Ling Chen, Xinguo Zhao, Lei Tan, Fujian Li, Chao Zheng, Hongwei Liu, Xinjie Li, Ertai A, Yingrong Du, Fenglin Liu, Wenyu Cui, Song Yang, Xiaohong Chen, Quanhong Wang, Junfeng Han, Qingyao Xie, Yanmei Feng, Wenyu Liu, Peijun Tang, Jianyong Zhang, Jian Zheng, Dawei Chen, Xiangyang Yao, Tong Ren, Yang Li, Yuanyuan Li, Lei Wu, Qiang Song, Jian Zhang, Mei Yang, Yuanyuan Liu, Shuliang Guo, Kun Yan, Xinghua Shen, Dan Lei, Yangli Zhang, Shenjie Tang, Wanli Kang, Mahmoud Elhaig   +61 more
wiley   +1 more source

Brief images : massive pericardial effusion [PDF]

, 2014
Significant pericardial effusions are an uncommon but very important disorder in childhood. Referring to one of the patients, cross-sectional imaging demonstrated a massive pericardial effusion. The underlying etiology here was connective tissue disease
Chang, Simone, Maharaj, Satish
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Melioidosis Pericarditis Mimicking Tuberculous Pericarditis [PDF]

Clinical Infectious Diseases, 2010
Cases of melioidosis (N = 2) and tuberculous pericarditis (N = 33) during 1996-2006 were reviewed. Clinical presentations were similar, but pericardial pathological findings were not. Nine of 12 patients with melioidosis required pericardectomy.
Siriluck Anunnatsiri, Ploenchan Chetchotisakd, Songsak Kiatchoosakun, Churairat Kularbkaew   +3 more
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AN OVERVIEW ON TUBERCULOUS PERICARDITIS

Journal of the Egyptian Society of Parasitology, 2022
Tuberculosis (TB) is a major health problem. Lungs are the major site for Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection. TB clinical manifestations include primary TB, reactivation TB, laryngeal TB, endobronchial TB, lower lung field TB infection, and tuberculoma.
Amin Shaker
semanticscholar   +1 more source