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 +11 more
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Tuberculous Pericarditis in an Immunocompromised Patient: A Case Report. [PDF]
CureusThis 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 +3 more
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Unveiling the Intrusion: An Emergent Journey Into Tuberculous Pericarditis. [PDF]
CureusWe 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 +3 more
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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 +4 more
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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 +5 more
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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 DisBackground 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 +7 more
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Comparison of the Diagnostic Accuracy of Xpert MTB/RIF and CapitalBio Mycobacterium RT-PCR Detection Assay for Tuberculous Pericarditis. [PDF]
Infect Drug Resist, 2022 Purpose We evaluated CapitalBio Mycobacterium RT-PCR assay diagnosing tuberculous pericarditis (TBP), performed a head-to-head comparison with Xpert MTB/RIF, and assessed the impact of a parallel test (positive result for either of these two tests ...
Yu G +7 more
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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 +2 more
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Fungal esophagitis associated with tuberculous pericarditis in an human immunodeficiency virus-positive patient: a case report. [PDF]
J Med Case Rep, 2022 Background Opportunistic infections are frequent in people living with the human immunodeficiency virus who either do not have access to antiretroviral therapy (ART) or use it irregularly. Tuberculosis is the most frequent infectious disease in PLHIV and
Silva GM +5 more
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The clinical application value and the imaging characteristic of 18F-FDG PET/CT in tuberculous pericarditis [PDF]
BMC Cardiovascular DisordersBackground Tuberculous pericarditis is the most common cause of pericardial disease in tuberculosis-endemic areas. Accurate and early diagnosis of tuberculous pericarditis is crucial due to its high mortality; however, the diagnostic accuracy of current ...
Xiaoqing Du, Feng Zhu, Qian You
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