Pericarditis caused by Mycobacterium africanum: case report

BACKGROUND: Mycobacterium africanum is a member of the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex (MTBC) and is endemic in West Africa, where it causes up to half of all cases of pulmonary tuberculosis. Here, we report the first isolation of Mycobacterium africanum from the pericardial effusion culture of a...

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Autores principales: Mascarell, Paula, de la Rica, Alba, Padilla, Sergio, Ruiz-García, Montserrat, López-Escudero, José, García-Abellán, Javier, Botella, Ángela, Masiá, Mar, Gutiérrez, Félix
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2022
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9290226/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35850703
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12879-022-07540-x

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9290226/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35850703
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12879-022-07540-x

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