ISOLATED TUBERCULOUS PERICARDITIS STILL EXISTS - A CASE-HISTORY

Authors
SCHWARTZ J RABINOVITZ H ROZENFELD V LEIBOVITZ A STELIAN J HABOT B
Citation
J. Schwartz et al., ISOLATED TUBERCULOUS PERICARDITIS STILL EXISTS - A CASE-HISTORY, Angiology, 44(8), 1993, pp. 669-671
Citations number
9
Categorie Soggetti
Medicine, General & Internal","Cardiac & Cardiovascular System
Journal title
Angiology → ACNP
ISSN journal
00033197
Volume
44
Issue
8
Year of publication
1993
Pages
669 - 671
Database
ISI
SICI code
0003-3197(1993)44:8<669:ITPSE->2.0.ZU;2-H
Abstract
A fifty-four-year-old woman from a high socioeconomic class developed acute isolated tuberculous pericarditis, three years after her sister had recovered from such disease. She was treated successfully by a tri ple drug regimen including isoniazid, rifampin, and ethambutol.