The Efficiency of TB LAM Antigen Test to Xpert MTB/RIF Ultra Test for the Diagnosis of Tuberculous Pericarditis Using Pericardial Fluid Samples.

Medical considerations for early diagnosis of tuberculous pericarditis (TBP) include Xpert MTB/RIF Ultra and TB lipoarabinomannan (LAM) antigen (Ag) tests, with immunological status influencing the performance of the latter. An evaluation of the efficiency of Xpert MTB/RIF Ultra and TB LAM Ag in detecting TBP was conducted using pericardial fluid samples from 46 patients with suspected TBP. Fifteen patients (34.

Rationale and design of the African Cardiomyopathy and Myocarditis Registry Program: The IMHOTEP study.

Background: Heart failure (HF), the dominant form of cardiovascular disease in Africans, is mainly due to hypertension, rheumatic heart disease and cardiomyopathy. Cardiomyopathies pose a great challenge because of poor prognosis and high prevalence in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs). Little is known about the etiology and outcome of cardiomyopathy in Africa.

Cavernous sinus syndrome, an atypical presentation of tertiary syphilis: case report and review of the literature.

Cavernous sinus syndrome is rarely caused by tertiary syphilitic infection. To our knowledge only two other cases of cavernous sinus syndrome caused by syphilis have been reported in the literature. We report a case of a 62-year-old female who presented with a mass in the cavernous sinus, which was initially diagnosed as a meningioma radiologically, necessitating a biopsy for diagnostic confirmation.