Tuberculous Pericarditis is Multibacillary and Bacterial Burden Drives High Mortality

Tuberculous Pericarditis is Multibacillary and Bacterial Burden Drives High Mortality

Background: Tuberculous pericarditis is considered to be a paucibacillary process; the large pericardial fluid accumulation is attributed to an inflammatory response to tuberculoproteins. Mortality rates are high. We investigated the role of clinical and microbial factors predictive of tuberculous p...

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Main Authors: Jotam G. Pasipanodya, Mwenya Mubanga, Mpiko Ntsekhe, Shaheen Pandie, Beki T. Magazi, Freedom Gumedze, Landon Myer, Tawanda Gumbo, Bongani M. Mayosi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2015-11-01
Series:EBioMedicine
Subjects:
CD4+ counts
HIV
Age
Therapy failure
Bacterial burden
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S235239641530150X

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