Pericarditis, Tuberculous
"Pericarditis, Tuberculous" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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INFLAMMATION of the sac surrounding the heart (PERICARDIUM) due to MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS infection. Pericarditis can lead to swelling (PERICARDIAL EFFUSION), compression of the heart (CARDIAC TAMPONADE), and preventing normal beating of the heart.
| Descriptor ID |
D010495
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| MeSH Number(s) |
C01.252.410.040.552.846.561.595 C01.539.190.750.595 C14.260.750.595 C14.280.720.801
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| Concept/Terms |
Pericarditis, Tuberculous- Pericarditis, Tuberculous
- Pericarditides, Tuberculous
- Tuberculous Pericarditides
- Tuberculous Pericarditis
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2007 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2012 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2013 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2014 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Pericarditis, Tuberculous" by people in Profiles.
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Prednisolone and Mycobacterium indicus pranii in tuberculous pericarditis. N Engl J Med. 2014 Sep 18; 371(12):1121-30.
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Identification of Mycobacterium tuberculosis from pericardial fluid using the new Xpert MTB/RIF assay. BMJ Case Rep. 2013 Aug 28; 2013.
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Rationale and design of the Investigation of the Management of Pericarditis (IMPI) trial: a 2 × 2 factorial randomized double-blind multicenter trial of adjunctive prednisolone and Mycobacterium w immunotherapy in tuberculous pericarditis. Am Heart J. 2013 Feb; 165(2):109-15.e3.
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Purulent pericarditis due to co-infection with Streptococcus pneumoniae and Mycobacterium tuberculosis in a patient with features of advanced HIV infection. BMC Infect Dis. 2007 Mar 08; 7:12.
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Inferior pericardiotomy in the treatment of pericardial effusions. S Afr Med J. 1979 Feb 24; 55(8):280-4.