id author title date pages extension mime words sentences flesch summary cache txt cord-010845-pakh49dy Isiguzo, Godsent Diagnosis and Management of Tuberculous Pericarditis: What Is New? 2020-01-15 .txt text/plain 4108 176 37 The statement is particularly true for tuberculous pericarditis (TBP), where lack of understanding of this severe form of extra-pulmonary tuberculosis (EPTB) has hampered discovery and translation of cost-effective, rapid diagnostic tests and host-directed therapies able to prevent its debilitating complications and associated mortality. Finally, recent reports suggest that among both HIV-infected and HIVuninfected patients with culture-positive pericardial fluid, Mtb bacillary loads are as high as 3.91 log 10 CFU/mL (range 0.5-8.96), with bacillary loads over 5.53 log 10 CFU/mL being significantly associated with mortality [18] . Diagnostic accuracy of quantitative PCR (Xpert MTB/RIF) for tuberculous pericarditis compared to adenosine deaminase and unstimulated interferon-γ in a high burden setting: a prospective study Diagnostic accuracy of quantitative PCR (Xpert MTB/RIF) for tuberculous pericarditis compared to adenosine deaminase and unstimulated interferon-gamma in a high burden setting: a prospective study ./cache/cord-010845-pakh49dy.txt ./txt/cord-010845-pakh49dy.txt