title: [Pericarditis and HIV in Bamako].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  The study aims to describe pericarditis in HIV-infected patients in epidemiological, clinical and paraclinical aspects.
  
  
  METHODS
  In a prospective study from april 2005 to march 2006, 49 patients from 2 medical centers, were recruited grounded on clinic, echocardiographic evaluation et and the positivity of the HIV-serology. Data were collected and analysed using SPSS v.11. 3)
  
  
  RESULTS
  Pericardial involvement occurred in 5.97%, the ratio Male:Female was 1.7 and the mean age 40.5 years (28.6% between 21-30 years). 14.3% didn't show any general sign. Explanatory findings were cardiomegaly (67.5%), pericardial effusion (55%) and micro-voltage (28.5%). 20.4% of our patients showed cardiac tamponade, 15 patients (31%) healed and death occurred in 37% (18 patients).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Pericarditis is not rare, especially in HIV-infection and is essentially tuberculous. We neither found relation between serotype and manifestations nor between manifestations and clinical stage.
authors.affiliation: CHU Gabriel Touré Bamako. bhamiba@yahoo.fr
authors.forename: H O
authors.initials: HO
authors.lastname: Bâ
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Sidibé
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Menta
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Sidibé
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Sangaré
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Sanogo
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D006332:Cardiomegaly / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000453:epidemiology; D015897:Comorbidity; D005260:Female; D015658:HIV Infections / Q000453:epidemiology*; D015497:HIV-1; D015498:HIV-2; D006785:Hospitals, University / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008302:Mali / Q000453:epidemiology; D008875:Middle Aged; D010493:Pericarditis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000453:epidemiology*; D010495:Pericarditis, Tuberculous / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000453:epidemiology; D011446:Prospective Studies; D011859:Radiography; D015983:Selection Bias; D014463:Ultrasonography; D055815:Young Adult