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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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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