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HIV infection is associated with a lower incidence of constriction in presumed tuberculous pericarditis: a prospective observational study. [PDF]

PLoS ONE, 2008
BACKGROUND: Pericardial constriction is a serious complication of tuberculous pericardial effusion that occurs in up to a quarter of patients despite anti-tuberculosis chemotherapy.
Mpiko Ntsekhe, Charles S Wiysonge, Freedom Gumedze, Gary Maartens, Patrick J Commerford, Jimmy A Volmink, Bongani M Mayosi   +6 more
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AN OVERVIEW ON TUBERCULOUS PERICARDITIS [PDF]

Journal of the Egyptian Society of Parasitology, 2022
Tuberculosis (TB) is a major health problem. Lungs are the major site for Mycobacterium tuberculosisinfection. TB clinical manifestations include primary TB, reactivation TB, laryngealTB, endobronchial TB, lower lung field TB infection, and tuberculoma ...
AMIN SHAKER
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Heart failure as a first sign of disseminated tuberculosis

Journal of Community Hospital Internal Medicine Perspectives, 2021
Tuberculous pericarditis is a rare extra-pulmonary manifestation of tuberculosis observed mainly in developed countries. It usually presents with concomitant tuberculous infection at a different site and, due to the lack of clinical specificity ...
Leonor Naia, Tiago Rabadão, Mariana Teixeira, Filipa Ferreira, Sara Pinto, Raquel Ferreira, Margarida Eulálio   +6 more
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Tuberculous pericarditis

Journal of Osteopathic Medicine, 1996
Abstract A patient with a 5-month history of pericardial effusion and unsuccessful steroid treatment was found at pericardial exploration to have thickened pericardium adhered to the heart. After anterior pericardiectomy, histologic examination revealed severe granulomatous pericarditis resulting from infection with Mycobacterium ...
K S, Kutoloski, T J, Salvucci, C, Dennis
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Interventions for treating tuberculous pericarditis [PDF]

, 2017
CITATION: Wiysonge, C. S., et al. 2017. Interventions for treating tuberculous pericarditis. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, 9:1-65, Art.
Jimmy Volmink, Gumedze, Freedom, Volmink, Jimmy, Bongani M Mayosi, Ntsekhe, Mpiko, Mayosi, Bongani M., Freedom Gumedze, Lehana Thabane, Dumisani Majombozi, Wiysonge, Charles S., Majombozi, Dumisani, Charles S Wiysonge, Mpiko Ntsekhe, Shaheen Pandie, Pandie, Shaheen, Thabane, Lehana   +15 more
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Tuberculous constrictive pericarditis [PDF]

BMJ Case Reports, 2019
A previously healthy 53-year-old Brazilian man presented with a 3-month history of anasarca, dyspnoea on minimal exertion, orthopnoea, paroxysmal nocturnal dyspnoea, low-grade fever and an unintentional 12 kg weight loss. No prior medical condition was related.
Neiberg de Alcantara Lima, Danielli Oliveira da Costa Lino, Naiana Medeiros Coelho, Thomas Melgar   +3 more
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The role of endocarditis, myocarditis and pericarditis in qualitative and quantitative data analysis

, 2009
The current study is the first scientometric analysis of research activity and output in the field of inflammatory disorders of the heart (endo-, myo- and pericarditis).
Mache, Stefanie, David A. Groneberg, Vitzthum, Karin, Groneberg, Jan David Alexander, Quarcoo, David, David Quarcoo, Stefanie Mache, Karin Vitzthum, Norman Schöffel, Schöffel, Norman   +9 more
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Constrictive tuberculous pericarditis in a HIV-positive patient [PDF]

, 2001
Constrictive pericarditis is a relatively rare clinical manifestation nowadays. We present the case of an HIV-positive patient with constrictive calcified pericarditis due to an infection with Mycobacterium tuberculosis.
Friedrich S. Eckstein, Mary-Claude Balmer, Eckstein, Friedrich S., Carrel, Thierry, Balmer, Mary-Claude, Thierry P. Carrel, Bohlmann, Michael K., Michael K. Bohlmann   +7 more
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Diagnostic category of tuberculous pericarditis.

, 2016
Diagnostic category of tuberculous pericarditis.
Lifan Zhang (391216), Yueqiu Zhang (507786), Xiaoqing Liu (196900), Xiaochun Shi (13735), Sainan Bian (3226716)   +4 more
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Diagnostic Potential of an Enzyme-Linked Immunospot Assay in Tuberculous Pericarditis [PDF]

, 2011
Tuberculous pericarditis is a rare disease in developed countries. The diagnosis is difficult to set since there are no robust rapid tests, and culture of pericardial fluid for Mycobacterium tuberculosis is often negative. T-SPOT.
Thijsen, S. F., J. J. Bouwman, S. F. Thijsen, Bathoorn, E., Limburg, A., Bouwman, J. J., E. Bathoorn, A. Limburg, A. W. Bossink, Bossink, A. W.   +9 more
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