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Tuberculous pericarditis and Aids: Case reports and review

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Pericarditis is one of the most common cardiac complications in the course of HIV disease. Opportunistic infections and neoplastic processes represent the most common etiology of pericardial disease. Pericardial tuberculosis is an uncommon condition, especially in developed countries. Two cases of tuberculous pericarditis in adult patients with AIDS occurred over a 12-month period at our clinic, which prompted a literature review of the published cases of tuberculous pericarditis in AIDS. Of note is that in the first patient pericardial effusion represented the AIDS-defining illness and was an expression of a disseminated tuberculous disease. The second patient developed a fatal pericarditis due to a multiple-drug resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection.

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    Antonio Mastroianni, Olga Coronado & Francesco Chiodo

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Mastroianni, A., Coronado, O. & Chiodo, F. Tuberculous pericarditis and Aids: Case reports and review. Eur J Epidemiol 13, 755–759 (1997). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1007313902175

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