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... > Infections > Bacterial Infections and Mycoses > Bacterial Infections > Gram-Positive Bacterial Infections > Actinomycetales Infections > Mycobacterium Infections > Tuberculosis > Tuberculosis, Extrapulmonary > Tuberculosis, Cardiovascular > Pericarditis, Tuberculous
Infections > Cardiovascular Infections > Tuberculosis, Cardiovascular > Pericarditis, Tuberculous
Cardiovascular Diseases > Cardiovascular Infections > Tuberculosis, Cardiovascular > Pericarditis, Tuberculous
Cardiovascular Diseases > Heart Diseases > Pericarditis > Pericarditis, Tuberculous

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Pericarditis, Tuberculous  

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  • Topical Descriptor

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Entry terms

  • Tuberculous Pericarditis

Scope note

  • INFLAMMATION of the sac surrounding the heart (PERICARDIUM) due to MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS infection. Pericarditis can lead to swelling (PERICARDIAL EFFUSION), compression of the heart (CARDIAC TAMPONADE), and preventing normal beating of the heart.

History note

  • 91(75); was see under TUBERCULOSIS, CARDIOVASCULAR 1975-90

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D010495

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