ArticleCase reports in infectious diseases2026
Unmasking Tuberculosis Pericarditis: The Role of Xpert MTB/RIF in Early Diagnosis and Treatment-A Case Report.
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- Unmasking Tuberculosis Pericarditis: The Role of Xpert MTB/RIF in Early Diagnosis and Treatment-A Case Report.Case reports in infectious diseases · 2026Article
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Abstract
Tuberculous pericarditis (TBP) is an uncommon but serious form of extrapulmonary tuberculosis that remains diagnostically challenging due to its nonspecific clinical features and the limited sensitivity of conventional methods such as smear microscopy, culture, and histopathology. We describe an 80-year-old man presenting with recurrent fever and weakness, found to have a large pericardial effusion with tamponade physiology requiring emergent pericardial window drainage. Pericardial fluid analysis demonstrated an exudative, lymphocyte-predominant effusion with elevated lactate dehydrogenase and low glucose levels, but initial acid-fast bacillus smear, histopathology, and sputum studies were negative. Xpert MTB/RIF testing performed on pericardial fluid detected
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