Tuberculous pericarditis : experience in a community hospital

Tuberculous pericarditis : experience in a community hospital

Tuberculosis is a major public health problem worldwide. In Butantan district of São Paulo city, the average incidence over the last 7 years was 47.7 new cases/100,000 inhabitants. Tuberculous pericarditis is a serious form of extrapulmonary tuberculosis in which diagnosis is often difficult. Diagno...

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Main Authors: Fernando Peixoto Ferraz de Campos, Aloísio Felipe-Silva, Leonardo Gomes Fonseca, Antônio Fernando Barros de Azevedo Filho, Luiz Fernando Seguro
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: University of São Paulo 2011-03-01
Series:Autopsy and Case Reports
Subjects:
Tuberculosis
Pericarditis
tuberculous
Diagnosis.
Online Access:http://www.revistas.usp.br/autopsy/article/view/36401

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