title: [An uncommon detection of Mycobacterium tuberculosis in pericardial effusion].
abstract: Pericardial tuberculosis is a specific pericarditis which is rarely reported in the absence of pulmonary tuberculosis. A case history is presented of a 74-year-old patient, immunocompromised as a result of kidney and liver cancer therapy. Mycobacterium tuberculosis was repeatedly recovered from pericardial effusion but not from other clinical specimens. Despite the early treatment of specific pericarditis, the patient died.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Coufalová
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Polcová
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Vašáková
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Smetana
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Čermák
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Němečková
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D009169:Mycobacterium tuberculosis / Q000302:isolation & purification* / Q000502:physiology; D010490:Pericardial Effusion / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000382:microbiology*; D010495:Pericarditis, Tuberculous / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000382:microbiology*; D010496:Pericardium / Q000382:microbiology