Tuberculous pericarditis : experience in a community hospital

• Main Authors: Fernando Peixoto Ferraz de Campos (Author), Aloísio Felipe-Silva (Author), Leonardo Gomes Fonseca (Author), Antônio Fernando Barros de Azevedo Filho (Author), Luiz Fernando Seguro (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: University of São Paulo, 2011-03-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Tuberculosis is a major public health problem worldwide. In Butantan district of São Paulo city, the average incidence over the last 7 years was 47.7 new cases/100,000 inhabitants. Tuberculous pericarditis is a serious form of extrapulmonary tuberculosis in which diagnosis is often difficult. Diagn...