Tuberculosis pericarditis with cardiac tamponade: management in the resource-limited setting.

ABSTRACT: We report a case of human immunodeficiency virus-associated pericardial tuberculosis complicated by cardiac tamponade. Emergency management and subsequent therapeutic interventions are described and then discussed with particular focus on resource-limited settings. The paucity of evidence to support clinical decisions is emphasized and the need for well designed diagnostic and therapeutic studies is highlighted.

SUBMITTER: Heller T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC2990051 | biostudies-literature | 2010 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature