AIMC Topic: Pericardial Effusion

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Streptococcus Gallolyticus endocarditis in patient with liver cirrhosis: a case report.

Journal of infection in developing countries
Streptococcus gallolyticus (S. gallolyticus) bacteremia is commonly associated with endocarditis and diseases of gastrointestinal tract, especially with colorectal carcinoma. On the other side, it is rarely connected to liver disease, especially alco...

Automatic detection of hemorrhagic pericardial effusion on PMCT using deep learning - a feasibility study.

Forensic science, medicine, and pathology
Post mortem computed tomography (PMCT) can be used as a triage tool to better identify cases with a possibly non-natural cause of death, especially when high caseloads make it impossible to perform autopsies on all cases. Substantial data can be gene...

Tuberculous Pericarditis is Multibacillary and Bacterial Burden Drives High Mortality.

EBioMedicine
BACKGROUND: Tuberculous pericarditis is considered to be a paucibacillary process; the large pericardial fluid accumulation is attributed to an inflammatory response to tuberculoproteins. Mortality rates are high. We investigated the role of clinical...