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Tuberculous Pericarditis: A Case Report in South-east Nigeria

International Journal of Medical and Pharmaceutical Case Reports
Tuberculosis is a chronic infection and a common cause of chronic pericardial effusion. Approximately 1-2% of patients with pulmonary tuberculosis (PTB) develop tuberculous pericarditis (TBP) and it is less common in the developed world than in ...
O. T. Chukwubuzo, O. P. Chibuike, Chime Peter Ekpunobi, Eze Uchenna Gerald, A. Uchechukwu, Anike Raphael Ugwu, E. J. Chukwudi, Ozougwu Augustine Obumneme, Ngwoke Anthonia Onyinye, Ogu Rita Ifeoma-Ossy, Enukora Nkiru, Magaji Nyamaai Cephas   +11 more
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Diagnosing tuberculous pericarditis [PDF]

QJM, 2006
Definitive diagnosis of tuberculous pericarditis requires isolation of the tubercle bacillus from pericardial fluid, but isolating the organism is often difficult.To improve diagnostic efficiency for tuberculous pericarditis, using available tests.Prospective observational study.Consecutive patients (n = 233) presenting with pericardial effusions ...
Reuter H., Burgess L., van Vuuren W., Doubell A.   +3 more
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Cystic Tuberculous Pericarditis

Journal of the American College of Cardiology, 2013
![Figure][1] A 64-year-old man with no other medical history underwent a pericardiotomy for pericardial effusion with tamponade. The pericardium showed chronic inflammation but no malignancy; the effusion cytology was unremarkable. The only abnormal finding was a cancer antigen 125 (CA-125)
Jing Jou Yan, Meng Da Tsai, Chwan Yau Luo, Ting Wei Lin, Jun Neng Roan, Hung Wen Tsai   +5 more
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Navigating Diagnostic Dilemmas in Cardiology: A Rare Case Report of Tuberculosis Presenting as a Cardiac Abscess

Clinical Case Reports, Volume 13, Issue 10, October 2025.
ABSTRACT Cardiac tuberculosis (TB) is a rare but important extrapulmonary form of TB that often presents diagnostic challenges due to nonspecific symptoms and its ability to mimic other cardiac conditions. We report the case of a 45‐year‐old woman with end‐stage renal disease secondary to granulomatosis with polyangiitis (GPA) who presented with fever ...
Fariba Bayat, Sepideh Jame Bozorgi, Mohammad Khani, Mehrdad Jafari Fesharaki, Abdoulhamid Bagheri, Elham Farahani   +5 more
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Recent advances in multimodality imaging‐guided therapy in pericarditis

European Journal of Clinical Investigation, Volume 55, Issue 9, September 2025.
Multiple imaging targets have been identified as essential biomarkers to confirm pericardial thickening, edema, neovascularization, inflammation, fibrosis/calcification, cardiac tamponade physiology, and constriction. This novel approach is called imaging‐guided therapy, which guides anti‐inflammatory therapy, assesses treatment response, assists in ...
Joseph El Roumi, Aldo L. Schenone, Paul Cremer, Tom Kai Ming Wang, Allan Klein   +4 more
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Tuberculosis: An Update for the Clinician

Respirology, Volume 30, Issue 3, Page 196-205, March 2025.
ABSTRACT Tuberculosis (TB) remains a significant global health threat with high mortality and efforts to meet WHO End TB Strategy milestones are off‐track. It has become clear that TB is not a dichotomous infection with latent and active forms but presents along a disease spectrum.
Saskia Janssen, Melissa Murphy, Caryn Upton, Brian Allwood, Andreas H. Diacon   +4 more
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Pericarditis caused by Mycobacterium africanum: case report

BMC Infectious Diseases, 2022
Background Mycobacterium africanum is a member of the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex (MTBC) and is endemic in West Africa, where it causes up to half of all cases of pulmonary tuberculosis.
Paula Mascarell, Alba de la Rica, Sergio Padilla, Montserrat Ruiz-García, José López-Escudero, Javier García-Abellán, Ángela Botella, Mar Masiá, Félix Gutiérrez   +8 more
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Constrictive tuberculous pericarditis in a HIV-positive patient [PDF]

, 2017
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.
Balmer, Mary-Claude, Bohlmann, Michael K., Carrel, Thierry P., Eckstein, Friedrich S.   +3 more
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AN OVERVIEW ON TUBERCULOUS PERICARDITIS

Journal of the Egyptian Society of Parasitology, 2022
Tuberculosis (TB) is a major health problem. Lungs are the major site for Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection. TB clinical manifestations include primary TB, reactivation TB, laryngeal TB, endobronchial TB, lower lung field TB infection, and tuberculoma.
Amin Shaker
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Tuberculous pericarditis in Birmingham. [PDF]

Thorax, 1978
Forty-one patients with acute tuberculous pericarditis were studied retrospectively. Anti-tuberculosis chemotherapy alone was effective in thirty. Five patients died, two from unrelated causes, two due to delayed diagnosis, and one after pericardiectomy.
J M Smith, H C Gooi
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