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- Title
Tuberculous Pericardial Effusions in Children.
- Authors
Obihara, Ndidi J; Walters, Elisabetta; Lawrenson, John; Garcia-Prats, Anthony J; Hesseling, Anneke C; Schaaf, H Simon
- Abstract
Current data on tuberculous pericardial effusion in children are limited. In this study, the cases of 30 children with tuberculous pericardial effusion were reviewed retrospectively. The prevalence of human immunodeficiency virus and of culture-confirmed tuberculosis was high. Chest radiography provided lower diagnostic sensitivity than sonography but detected all large and complicated effusions. Outcomes were generally good, and residual complications were mainly due to comorbidity.
- Subjects
SOUTH Africa; TUBERCULOSIS diagnosis; PERICARDIAL effusion; CHEST X rays; HIV infections; ULTRASONIC imaging; COMORBIDITY; DISEASE prevalence; RETROSPECTIVE studies; CHILDREN; DIAGNOSIS
- Publication
Journal of the Pediatric Infectious Diseases Society, 2018, Vol 7, Issue 4, p346
- ISSN
2048-7193
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1093/jpids/pix087