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[Tuberculous pericarditis].

open access: yesArquivos brasileiros de cardiologia, 1998
A C, GUIMARAES, R, LIMA
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Tuberculous and Infectious Pericarditis

Cardiology Clinics, 2017
Viral pericarditis is the most common cause of acute pericarditis and it is typically responsive to aspirin or nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs. Tuberculous pericarditis is common in immunocompromised patients or in immunocompetent patients in endemic areas.
Sung-A Chang
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Immunotherapy for Tuberculous Pericarditis

New England Journal of Medicine, 2014
Pericardial tuberculosis is an important clinical problem in resource-limited countries, particularly in those with concomitant epidemics of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection. Tuberculosis involving closed anatomical spaces such as the pericardium or meninges can cause devastating inflammatory injury, and management with antimicrobial ...
Bongani M, Mayosi   +2 more
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Tuberculous pericarditis in a child

Journal of Infection, 1996
A 14-year-old boy with tuberculous pericarditis and tamponade is described. Confirmation was by culture of pericardial aspirate. Though he did not have a cough, acid-fast bacilli were detected following induced sputum. Chest X-ray did not show evidence of pulmonary tuberculosis, but enlarged mediastinal nodes were detected by computerized tomography ...
J B, Coulter   +3 more
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Management of Tuberculous Pericarditis

The Annals of Thoracic Surgery, 1987
The cases of 17 patients with tuberculous pericarditis were reviewed. Thirteen patients had effusive pericarditis, and 10 had surgical drainage of the effusion. No deaths were due to pericardial tamponade; this appears to be related to earlier recognition of major pericardial effusions by echocardiography. In 2 patients clinical evidence of pericardial
J M, Quale, G Y, Lipschik, A E, Heurich
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RECURRENT TUBERCULOUS PERICARDITIS

Annals of Internal Medicine, 1952
Excerpt Shock and pain are seldom considered to be prominent manifestations of tuberculous pericarditis.
R C, JANOVSKY   +3 more
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Tuberculous Pericarditis

JAMA: The Journal of the American Medical Association, 1991
Tuberculosis is responsible for approximately 4% of cases of acute pericarditis, 7% of cases of cardiac tamponade, and, in older studies, 6% of instances of constrictive pericarditis. However, in some nonindustrialized countries, tuberculosis is a leading cause of pericarditis.
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TUBERCULOUS PERICARDITIS IN CHILDREN

Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine, 1953
TWO FACTS have stimulated our interest in tuberculous pericarditis. First, and most important, there are indications that this disease is becoming amenable to treatment and may also be seen in early stages more often because of therapy of tuberculosis elsewhere.
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