A 15-year-old girl with a large pericardial effusion

Pericarditis is a rare manifestation of tuberculosis and can be fatal. We describe a 15-year-old girl admitted for a large pericardial effusion. Subxiphoid pericardial biopsy was performed. Biopsy samples were positive for M. tuberculosis DNA by PCR, which confirmed the diagnosis of tuberculous peri...

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Autores principales: Bolt, Roel J., Rammeloo, Lukas A., van Furth, A. Marceline, van Well, Gijs T. J
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Springer-Verlag 2007
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Short Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2413082/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17704946
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00431-007-0559-z
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author Bolt, Roel J.
Rammeloo, Lukas A.
van Furth, A. Marceline
van Well, Gijs T. J
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description Pericarditis is a rare manifestation of tuberculosis and can be fatal. We describe a 15-year-old girl admitted for a large pericardial effusion. Subxiphoid pericardial biopsy was performed. Biopsy samples were positive for M. tuberculosis DNA by PCR, which confirmed the diagnosis of tuberculous pericarditis.
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spelling pubmed-24130822008-06-05 A 15-year-old girl with a large pericardial effusion Bolt, Roel J. Rammeloo, Lukas A. van Furth, A. Marceline van Well, Gijs T. J Eur J Pediatr Short Report Pericarditis is a rare manifestation of tuberculosis and can be fatal. We describe a 15-year-old girl admitted for a large pericardial effusion. Subxiphoid pericardial biopsy was performed. Biopsy samples were positive for M. tuberculosis DNA by PCR, which confirmed the diagnosis of tuberculous pericarditis. Springer-Verlag 2007-08-18 2008-07 /pmc/articles/PMC2413082/ /pubmed/17704946 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00431-007-0559-z Text en © Springer-Verlag 2007
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Bolt, Roel J.
Rammeloo, Lukas A.
van Furth, A. Marceline
van Well, Gijs T. J
A 15-year-old girl with a large pericardial effusion
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title_full A 15-year-old girl with a large pericardial effusion
title_fullStr A 15-year-old girl with a large pericardial effusion
title_full_unstemmed A 15-year-old girl with a large pericardial effusion
title_short A 15-year-old girl with a large pericardial effusion
title_sort 15-year-old girl with a large pericardial effusion
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2413082/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17704946
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00431-007-0559-z
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