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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

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

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, de Sousa BR, Torres KB, Neves RP, de Melo HRL, de Lima-Neto RG.   +5 more
europepmc   +2 more sources

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, Wang L, Shen Y, Fang L, Yang J, Ye B, Xu K, Zhong F.   +7 more
europepmc   +2 more sources

Tuberculous Pericarditis: Clinical, Diagnostic, and Therapeutic Features [PDF]

Journal of Case Reports and Medical History, 2023
Introduction: Tuberculous pericarditis is a rare manifestation of extrapulmonary tuberculosis. Due to the infrequency of this condition, the most effective management approach has not been clearly established. Our study analyzed 14 cases with tuberculous

openalex   +2 more sources

The optimal duration of anti-tuberculous therapy before pericardiectomy in constrictive tuberculous pericarditis [PDF]

Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery, 2021
Background It is unclear about the duration of anti-tuberculous therapy before pericardiectomy (DATT) in the patients with constrictive tuberculous pericarditis.
Likui Fang, Guocan Yu, Bo Ye, Fangming Zhong, Gang Chen   +4 more
doaj   +2 more sources

What Causes Bilateral Pleural Effusion: A Case Report

The Clinical Respiratory Journal
Background Tuberculous pericarditis begins with fibrinous and hemorrhagic pericarditis, followed by pericardial effusion, then pericardial hypertrophy, which may turn into subacute or chronic stage, and partly develop into pericarditis.
Miaojuan Zhu, Shuaiyu Lin, Yifei Chen, Jiong Yang, Hanxiang Nie   +4 more
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Interventions for treating tuberculous pericarditis. [PDF]

Cochrane Database Syst Rev, 2017
Tuberculous pericarditis can impair the heart's function and cause death; long term, it can cause the membrane to fibrose and constrict causing heart failure. In addition to antituberculous chemotherapy, treatments include corticosteroids, drainage, and surgery.To assess the effects of treatments for tuberculous pericarditis.We searched the Cochrane ...
Wiysonge CS, Ntsekhe M, Thabane L, Volmink J, Majombozi D, Gumedze F, Pandie S, Mayosi BM.   +7 more
europepmc   +7 more sources

Tuberculous constrictive pericarditis

Research in Cardiovascular Medicine, 2015
Introduction: Constrictive pericarditis is characterized by constriction of the heart secondary to pericardial inflammation. Cardiovascular magnetic resonance (CMR) imaging is useful imaging modality for addressing the challenges of confirming this ...
Gary Tse, Aamir Ali, Francisco Alpendurada, Sanjay Prasad, Claire E Raphael, Vassilis Vassiliou   +5 more
doaj   +6 more sources