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Tuberculous pericarditis in a child
J B Coulter1, K Walsh, S J King
1Department of Child Health, Royal Liverpool Children's Hospital, Alder Hey, UK.
The Journal of Infection
|March 1, 1996
Abstract:
A 14-year-old boy with tuberculous pericarditis and tamponade is described. Confirmation was by culture of pericardial aspirate. Though he did not have a cough, acid-fast bacilli were detected following induced sputum. Chest X-ray did not show evidence of pulmonary tuberculosis, but enlarged mediastinal nodes were detected by computerized tomography. He made an excellent response to anti-tuberculous chemotherapy and corticosteroids.