Tuberculous pericarditis is a rare complication of AIDS in the United States, highlighting the need for clinical awareness in co-infected patients.
Clinicians should consider tuberculous pericarditis in HIV patients with pericardial disease; case report leaves open US incidence and management questions.
Persons co-infected with mycobacterium tuberculosis (MTB) and HIV are at increased risk for developing active tuberculosis. While extrapulmonary tuberculosis is particularly common in patients with AIDS, tuberculous pericarditis is a very uncommon complication of AIDS in the United States. We present a case of tuberculosis involving the pericardium and review the current literature on this topic., S. J. Antony, MD, Division of Infectious Diseases, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, A-3310 Medical Center North, Nashville, Tennessee 37232–2605, USA
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