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Tuberculous pericarditis in a 71-year-old immunocompetent patient: Case report [PDF]

IDCases
Tuberculosis is a transmissible disease caused by the bacterium Mycobacterium tuberculosis. It is the leading cause of mortality due to infectious diseases.
Carlos Mejia Irias, Odalis Cerrato, Estephany Díaz Mairena   +2 more
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Development of rapid evaluation scale for pericardiectomy of tuberculous constrictive pericarditis by 12-lead electrocardiogram

Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery
Aim We developed a rapid evaluation scale for pericardiectomy through a 12-lead electrocardiogram (ECG), in order to improve the diagnostic accuracy of pericardiectomy of tuberculous constrictive pericarditis.
Yanhong Ren, Yanshu Dong, Xinyue Fan, Hongrui Xu, Shuangyi Yin   +4 more
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Clinical characteristics and initial management of patients with tuberculous pericarditis in the HIV era: the Investigation of the Management of Pericarditis in Africa (IMPI Africa) registry [PDF]

BMC Infectious Diseases, 2006
Background The incidence of tuberculous pericarditis has increased in Africa as a result of the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) epidemic. However, the effect of HIV co-infection on clinical features and prognosis in tuberculous pericarditis is not ...
Sliwa Karen, Parish Andy, Rebe Kevin, Burch Vanessa C, Nkouonlack Duquesne C, Blackett Kathleen, Maritz Frans, Mntla Phindile, Thembela Bongani, Awotedu Abolade A, Thomas Kandathil M, Thomas Baby M, Aje Akinyemi, Maartens Gary, Gumedze Freedom, Volmink Jimmy A, Ntsekhe Mpiko, Wiysonge Charles, Mayosi Bongani M, Vezi Brian Z, Alam Nowshad, Brown Basil G, Gould Trevor, Visser Tim, Shey Muki S, Magula Nombulelo P, Commerford Patrick J   +26 more
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Tuberculous pericarditis [PDF]

Deutsches Ärzteblatt international, 2021
Jürgen, Knuth, Walter, Honold
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Tuberculous pericarditis

South Sudan Medical Journal, 2022
Tuberculous pericarditis is a serious problem in sub-Saharan Africa with a mortality at six months of about 40% if there is associated HIV infection and 17% without. The key to improved treatment is for the clinician to be alert to the warning features, to conclude the diagnosis promptly and institute treatment as a matter of urgency.
Pradeep Vaideeswar
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Tuberculous pericarditis due to silicon oxide exposure. A case report with an imaging approach

Case Reports
Introduction: This is a case report of a patient with tuberculous pericarditis, a rare form of tuberculosis associated with high morbidity and mortality.
Andrés Felipe Donado-Moré, Jorge Ignacio Arrieta-Castaño, Lina Fernanda Acevedo-Forero, Jorge Alberto Carrillo-Bayona, Alejandro Vega-Molina, Wilmer Orlando Aponte-Barrios, Oscar Andrés Franco-Tavera   +6 more
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Rare concurrent extrapulmonary tuberculous pericarditis and pleuritis accompanied with lung silicosis [PDF]

Respiratory Medicine Case Reports
Extrapulmonary tuberculosis could affect many organs beside lung airway and parenchyma. The mycobacterium tuberculosis can invade area such as the pleural and pericardium by lymphogenic, hematogenic, or direct infection.
Yulia Devina Suci, Ariani Permatasari, Winariani Koesomoprodjo   +2 more
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Tuberculous pericarditis in transkei [PDF]

Clinical Cardiology, 1984
AbstractIn the Transkei it was so frequently found that it was referred to as the “Transkei Heart.” The prognosis in tuberculous pericarditis is invariably bad and death may take place within one or two years but more often within a few months.Michael GelfandThe Sick African, Third Edition ...
J I Strang
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Tuberculous pericarditis [PDF]

Biomédica: revista del Instituto Nacional de Salud, 2020
Leonardo F. Jurado, Bibiana Pinzón, Zandra R. De La Rosa, Marcela Mejía, Diana M. Palacios   +4 more
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A Case of Crohn's Disease with Cardiac Tamponade Caused by Tuberculous Pericarditis: Assessment of a Rare Phenomenon. [PDF]

Healthcare (Basel), 2021
Tominaga K, Tanaka T, Kanazawa M, Watanabe S, Nemoto R, Abe K, Kanamori A, Yamamiya A, Goda K, Kushima Y, Chibana K, Masawa T, Fukuda T, Hibi T, Irisawa A.   +14 more
europepmc   +2 more sources