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Infectious pericarditis, while often self-limited and of viral etiology, can be caused by diverse pathogens including Epstein-Barr virus, H1N1, tuberculosis, and parasites, occasionally leading to fatal cardiac tamponade.
Infectious pericarditis can be caused by a diverse array of viral, bacterial, and parasitic pathogens, and while often self-limiting, it may occasionally lead to severe complications such as cardiac tamponade or constrictive pericarditis.
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Alerts to tamponade risk from uncommon pericarditis pathogens; leaves open etiology-specific diagnostic and management trials.
Mostly self-limited with an idiopathic or infectious etiology, pericarditis may be fatal in rare occasions. Thiny layer surrounding myocardium is infected especially by viral organisms. Here, a recent Turkish and world literature will be reviewed and cases of Epstein Barr virus, H1N1 virus as well as tuberculosis microorganisms leading to pericarditis and even tamponade will be discussed. You will also find rare parasitic infestations presenting with pericardial effusion, constrictive and crystal pericarditis of infectious origin and read other rare metabolic associations such as myxedema and uremia.
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Büyükbeşe et al. (2013) conducted a review in Infectious Pericarditis. Infectious pericarditis, while often self-limited and of viral etiology, can be caused by diverse pathogens including Epstein-Barr virus, H1N1, tuberculosis, and parasites, occasionally leading to fatal cardiac tamponade.
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