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Tuberculous Pericarditis [PDF]

New England Journal of Medicine, 2018
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Faria, D, Freitas, A
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A case of tuberculous pericarditis with cardiac tamponade due to a paradoxical response during treatment with anti-tuberculosis drugs. [PDF]

IDCases
Tuberculous pericarditis is a serious extrapulmonary complication of tuberculosis (TB) that is difficult to diagnose and can lead to cardiac tamponade.
Tatsuya Kodama, Masao Okumura, Shunya Igarashi, Masashi Nishimura, Masashi Ito, Hiroyuki Kokuto, Kozo Morimoto, Yoshiaki Tanaka, Hideo Ogata, Ken Ohta, Takashi Yoshiyama   +10 more
doaj   +3 more sources

The impact of HIV co-infection on presentation and outcome in adults with tuberculous pericarditis: Findings from the IMPI trial

South African Medical Journal, 2023
Background. Little is known about the impact of HIV infection on clinical presentation, complications, and morbid pericarditis-related outcomes of tuberculous pericarditis and its predictors. Objective.
F Gumedze, S Pandie, J B Nachenga, Z Kerbelker, V Francis, L Thabane, M Smieja, J Bosch, S Yusuf, M Ntsekhe, G Meintjes, B M Mayosi   +11 more
doaj   +2 more sources

Tuberculous Pericarditis in an Immunocompromised Patient: A Case Report. [PDF]

Cureus
This case report details the presentation, diagnostic process, and management of tuberculous pericarditis (TBP) in a 43-year-old male with a history of chronic severe pericarditis, right-sided heart failure, and rheumatoid arthritis.
Alotaibi N, Almutawa F, Alhazzaa A, Suliman I.   +3 more
europepmc   +2 more sources

Tuberculous Pericarditis is Multibacillary and Bacterial Burden Drives High Mortality [PDF]

EBioMedicine, 2015
Background: Tuberculous pericarditis is considered to be a paucibacillary process; the large pericardial fluid accumulation is attributed to an inflammatory response to tuberculoproteins. Mortality rates are high. We investigated the role of clinical and
Jotam G. Pasipanodya, Mwenya Mubanga, Mpiko Ntsekhe, Shaheen Pandie, Beki T. Magazi, Freedom Gumedze, Landon Myer, Tawanda Gumbo, Bongani M. Mayosi   +8 more
doaj   +4 more sources

Diagnostic Value of Interferon-γ Release Assays on Pericardial Effusion for Diagnosis of Tuberculous Pericarditis. [PDF]

PLoS ONE, 2016
Diagnosis of tuberculous pericarditis remains a challenge. We aimed in this study to evaluate the diagnostic value of T-SPOT.TB on pericardial effusion for diagnosis of tuberculous pericarditis.
Sainan Bian, Yueqiu Zhang, Lifan Zhang, Xiaochun Shi, Xiaoqing Liu   +4 more
doaj   +3 more sources

Unveiling the Intrusion: An Emergent Journey Into Tuberculous Pericarditis. [PDF]

Cureus
We present an interesting case of mycobacterial tuberculosis pericarditis presenting as effusive constrictive pericarditis with early cardiac tamponade in a young Mexican migrant of Haitian descent.
Singh A, Bernal EC, Dunn S, Vemulapalli R.   +3 more
europepmc   +2 more sources

A case report and review of literature: Tuberculous pericarditis with pericardial effusion as the only clinical manifestation. [PDF]

Front Cardiovasc Med, 2022
Tuberculosis is a main cause of pericardial disease in developing countries. However, in patients with atypical clinical presentation, it can lead to misdiagnosis, missed diagnosis, and delayed treatment.
Wang S, Wang J, Liu J, Zhang Z, He J, Wang Y.   +5 more
europepmc   +2 more sources

The Treatment of Tuberculous Pericarditis [PDF]

Circulation, 1954
Twenty-seven patients with clinically primary tuberculous pericarditis were treated with prolonged chemotherapy consisting of intermittent doses of streptomycin and daily doses of paraminosalicylic acid or isoniazid. Twenty-one patients did well and were symptom-free six months to three years later.
Edwin M. Goyette, Edwin L. Overholt, E Rapaport   +2 more
openalex   +4 more sources

GeneXpert MTB/RIF Ultra vs Unstimulated Interferon γ (IRISA-TB) for the Diagnosis of Tuberculous Pericarditis in a Tuberculosis-Endemic Setting. [PDF]

Open Forum Infect Dis
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
Randall P, Esmail A, Wilson L, Makambwa E, Pooran A, Tomasicchio M, Dheda K, Ntsekhe M.   +7 more
europepmc   +2 more sources