Identification of Mycobacterium tuberculosis from pericardial fluid using the new Xpert MTB/RIF assay

BMJ Case Reports

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages

  Dhana, Ashar Vijay ^a   Howell, Pauline ^b   Sanne, Ian ^c   Spencer, David ^a  

^a HELEN JOSEPH HOSPITAL   (South Africa)

^b RIGHT TO CARE   (South Africa)

^c UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE DEAMINASE; CORTICOSTEROID; ISONIAZID; TUBERCULOSTATIC AGENT;

ABNORMAL RESPIRATORY SOUND; ADULT; AIRWAY CONSTRICTION; ANKLE SWELLING; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BIOASSAY; CASE REPORT; CD4 LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; CENTRAL VENOUS PRESSURE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COUGHING; DISEASE COURSE; DYSPNEA; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; EXTRAPULMONARY TUBERCULOSIS; FEVER; FOLLOW UP; FOOT EDEMA; FOOT ULCER; GENERALIZED LYMPHADENOPATHY; HIV TEST; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE DISPLAY; IMMUNE RECONSTITUTION INFLAMMATORY SYNDROME; LOSS OF APPETITE; MALE; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NIGHT SWEAT; OUTPATIENT; PERICARDIAL EFFUSION; PERICARDIOCENTESIS; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK REDUCTION; SPUTUM ANALYSIS; SWELLING; T WAVE INVERSION; TACHYCARDIA; THERAPY DELAY; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TREATMENT RESPONSE; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

EID: 84885462024     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1757790X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bcr-2013-200615     Document Type: Article

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