title: [Tuberculous pericarditis as the initial manifestation of acquired immunodeficiency syndrome].
abstract: The most common externalization of the acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) is opportunist infection, and tuberculosis is one of the most frequent agents. The tuberculous pericarditis has been associated with AIDS, but it exceptionally occurs as the first event in the syndrome. We reported four cases in which tuberculous pericarditis was the initial manifestation of AIDS, characterizing by its clinical picture, diagnostic methods, therapeutics and the evolution of this involvement.
authors.affiliation: Hospital Universitário Pedro Ernesto-UERJ.
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Vianna Araujo
authors.forename: F M
authors.initials: FM
authors.lastname: Albanesi
authors.forename: M E
authors.initials: ME
authors.lastname: de Castro Menezes
authors.forename: D B
authors.initials: DB
authors.lastname: de Lima
authors.forename: M H
authors.initials: MH
authors.lastname: de Sá Pereira
mesh_terms: D000163:Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome / Q000150:complications*; D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010495:Pericarditis, Tuberculous / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy
vernacular_title: Pericardite tuberculosa como manifestação inicial da síndrome de imunodeficiência adquirida.