Treatment of tuberculous pericarditis requires the cooperation of a multidisciplinary team (cardiologists and infectious diseases specialists, occasionally a pneumologist and internal medicine ...

Polymerase chain reaction (PCR) analysis was then able to detect M. tuberculosis complex DNA without rifampicin resistance. Upon notifying the department of health, it came to light that the ...

In the cited meta-analysis, colchicine was associated with reduced risk of treatment failure (OR: 0.23) and recurrent pericarditis (OR: 0.39), but with a trend toward more adverse effects.

Tuberculosis, which is the most common cause ... when high doses were given for non-Hodgkin's lymphoma. Constrictive pericarditis can present decades later. Trauma. Post-cardiac surgery.

It’s rare to feel relieved after being diagnosed with a heart condition, but Abbate said that the symptoms of pericarditis can feel so severe that they often lead people to believe they are ...