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Melioidosis Pericarditis Mimicking Tuberculous Pericarditis

descriptionPublicationkeyboard_double_arrow_right Article 01 Sep 2010 English Publisher:Oxford University Press (OUP)Journal:Clinical Infectious Diseases, volume 51, pages e46-e49 (issn: 1058-4838, eissn: 1537-6591,

Authors: Siriluck Anunnatsiri; Ploenchan Chetchotisakd; Songsak Kiatchoosakun; Churairat Kularbkaew;

doi: 10.1086/655699

pmid: 20645861

Melioidosis Pericarditis Mimicking Tuberculous Pericarditis

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Abstract

Cases of melioidosis (N = 2) and tuberculous pericarditis (N = 33) during 1996-2006 were reviewed. Clinical presentations were similar, but pericardial pathological findings were not. Nine of 12 patients with melioidosis required pericardectomy. In areas where these diseases are endemic, pericardial fluid culture and pericardial biopsy can differentiate between melioidosis and tuberculosis.

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Khon Kaen University
Thailand

Keywords

Adult, Male, Time Factors, Pericarditis, Tuberculous, Middle Aged, Diagnosis, Differential, Melioidosis, Risk Factors, Pericardiectomy, Humans, Pericarditis, Female, Aged, Retrospective Studies

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