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Tuberculous pericarditis treated with steroid in a dialysis patient. [PDF]

open access: yesBMJ Case Rep, 2017
Aoyama R   +3 more
europepmc   +1 more source

The Role of Surgery in Tuberculous Pericarditis

open access: bronzeThe Annals of Thoracic Surgery, 1974
Abstract To define the role of surgery in the treatment of tuberculous pericarditis, 62 consecutive patients treated for this condition were reviewed. Medical therapy alone achieved satisfactory results in less than one-third of the patients. One-half of the patients eventually required pericardiectomy for symptoms of recurrent cardiac tamponade or ...
Ted J. Carson   +3 more
openaire   +4 more sources

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 ...
Mpiko Ntsekhe   +2 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
Gregg Lipschik   +2 more
openaire   +3 more sources

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