Tuberculosis remains a major cause of morbidity and mortality worldwide, and the extrapulmonary presentation represents up to 20% of this disease. The pericardial compromise of this disease has been estimated between 1% and 4% of diagnosed patients. This presentation may have a mortality rate as high as 90% without proper treatment and diagnosis, dropping to 12% with timely diagnosis and treatment.We present the case of a 55 year-old female patient hospitalized for two weeks with constitutional symptoms, intermittent fever, dry cough, pleuritic pain and some symptoms of heart failure. The imaging studies (chest x-rays and ultrasound), revealed bilateral pleural effusion: 300 cc on the right side, 1,000 cc on the left side, and 500 cc of per...
Tuberculous pericarditis is caused by Mycobacterium Tuberculosis, it is found in approximately 1% of...
Revista Ciencias Biomédicas Vol.5, Núm. 2 (2014) Pag 329 - 335Introducción: la pericarditis tubercul...
La pericarditis tuberculosa representa un pequeño porcentaje de la tuberculosis extrapulmonar, cuyo ...
La pericarditis tuberculosa (PT) representa una rara manifestación extrapulmonar de tuberculosis (TB...
Tuberculous pericarditis is a form of extrapulmonary tuberculosis that is considered unusual in west...
Pericarditis is a rare manifestation of tuberculosis. We report the case of a 35-year-old woman admi...
INTRODUCTION: Mycobacterium tuberculosis. is responsible for 4 % of cases of pericarditis and 7 % of...
Tuberculosis remains a major cause of morbidity and mortality worldwide, and the extrapulmonary pres...
La pericarditis constrictiva crónica es un síndrome clínico causado por la compresión cardíaca ejerc...
Tuberculosis is a disease caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis. Pulmonary localization is the most f...
La pericarditis constrictiva crónica es un síndrome clínico causado por la compresión cardíaca ejerc...
Tuberculous pericarditis is a rare extra-pulmonary manifestation of tuberculosis observed mainly in ...
ResumenLa pericarditis tuberculosa representa un pequeño porcentaje de la tuberculosis extrapulmonar...
Abstract Extra pulmonary tuberculosis occurs in 20% of patients with tuberculosis. Tuberculosis peri...
Introduction: the tuberculous pericarditis (TP) is a potentially lethal complication of the Mycobac...
Tuberculous pericarditis is caused by Mycobacterium Tuberculosis, it is found in approximately 1% of...
Revista Ciencias Biomédicas Vol.5, Núm. 2 (2014) Pag 329 - 335Introducción: la pericarditis tubercul...
La pericarditis tuberculosa representa un pequeño porcentaje de la tuberculosis extrapulmonar, cuyo ...
La pericarditis tuberculosa (PT) representa una rara manifestación extrapulmonar de tuberculosis (TB...
Tuberculous pericarditis is a form of extrapulmonary tuberculosis that is considered unusual in west...
Pericarditis is a rare manifestation of tuberculosis. We report the case of a 35-year-old woman admi...
INTRODUCTION: Mycobacterium tuberculosis. is responsible for 4 % of cases of pericarditis and 7 % of...
Tuberculosis remains a major cause of morbidity and mortality worldwide, and the extrapulmonary pres...
La pericarditis constrictiva crónica es un síndrome clínico causado por la compresión cardíaca ejerc...
Tuberculosis is a disease caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis. Pulmonary localization is the most f...
La pericarditis constrictiva crónica es un síndrome clínico causado por la compresión cardíaca ejerc...
Tuberculous pericarditis is a rare extra-pulmonary manifestation of tuberculosis observed mainly in ...
ResumenLa pericarditis tuberculosa representa un pequeño porcentaje de la tuberculosis extrapulmonar...
Abstract Extra pulmonary tuberculosis occurs in 20% of patients with tuberculosis. Tuberculosis peri...
Introduction: the tuberculous pericarditis (TP) is a potentially lethal complication of the Mycobac...
Tuberculous pericarditis is caused by Mycobacterium Tuberculosis, it is found in approximately 1% of...
Revista Ciencias Biomédicas Vol.5, Núm. 2 (2014) Pag 329 - 335Introducción: la pericarditis tubercul...
La pericarditis tuberculosa representa un pequeño porcentaje de la tuberculosis extrapulmonar, cuyo ...