Mortality in patients treated for tuberculous pericarditis in sub-Saharan Africa.
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2008
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South African Medical Journal
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Health & Medical Publishing Group
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University of Cape Town
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Tuberculous pericarditis is one of the most severe forms of extrapulmonary tuberculosis, causing death or disability in a substantial proportion of affected people.1,2 In Africa, the incidence of tuberculous pericarditis is rising as a result of the HIV epidemic.3 The effect of HIV infection on survival in patients with tuberculous pericarditis is unknown.2,4 Whereas some investigators have suggested that HIV-infected patients with tuberculous pericarditis have a similar outcome to non-infected cases,5 others have shown that there may be an increase in mortality in HIV associated with tuberculous pericarditis.2,6,7 We established a prospective observational study, the Investigation of the Management of Pericarditis in Africa (IMPI Africa) registry, to obtain current information on the diagnosis, management and outcome of patients with presumed tuberculous pericarditis living in sub-Saharan Africa, where the burden of HIV infection is the greatest in the world.4,8-10 In this paper, we report the mortality rate and its predictors during the 6 months of antituberculosis treatment among patients enrolled in the regist
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Mayosi, B. M., Wiysonge, C. S., Ntsekhe, M., Burch, V. C., Maartens, G., Rebe, K., ... & Thomas, B. M. (2008). Mortality in patients treated for tuberculous pericarditis in sub-Saharan Africa. SAMJ: South African Medical Journal, 98(1), 36-40.