The role of chest radiography in diagnosing patients with tuberculous pericarditis

Cardiovascular Journal of South Africa

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 108-111

  Reuter, Helmuth ^a   Burgess, Lesley J ^a   Doubell, Anton F ^a  

^a STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

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Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE DEAMINASE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PERICARDIAL EFFUSION; PERICARDIOCENTESIS; PERICARDITIS; SERODIAGNOSIS; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TWO DIMENSIONAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MASS SCREENING; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PERICARDIAL EFFUSION; PERICARDITIS, TUBERCULOUS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RADIOGRAPHY, THORACIC; SEROLOGIC TESTS; SOUTH AFRICA;

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