Key result
Case report highlights fatal tuberculous pericarditis co-occurring with postmortem-detected COVID-19 in HIV.
Why the study?
Tuberculosis pericarditis associated with HIV infection and COVID-19 presents a complex clinical scenario requiring detailed case description.
Case Report (n=1)
This case report highlights the complex presentation of tuberculosis pericarditis in a patient with concurrent HIV and COVID-19 infections.
Co-occurrence of TB pericarditis with HIV and COVID-19 may occur; this case report leaves open diagnostic and management implications.
The article describes a clinical case of tuberculosis pericarditis associated with HIV infection and COVID-19. The patient underwent additional examination due to abnormalities on his X-ray. Large volume of effusion, its lymphocytic nature, bilateral pleural effusion and bilateral infiltration in the upper lobes of both lungs, intrathoracic lymphoadenopathy were indicative tuberculosis etiology of the disease; the diagnosis of tuberculosis was confirmed by morphological tests. COVID-19 was detected post mortem.
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Мордык et al. (2022) conducted a case report in Tuberculosis pericarditis associated with HIV infection and COVID-19 (n=1). A male patient with HIV infection presented with tuberculosis pericarditis confirmed by morphological tests, with COVID-19 detected post mortem.
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