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Descriptor English: Pericarditis, Tuberculous
Descriptor Spanish: Pericarditis Tuberculosa
Descriptor pericarditis tuberculosa
Scope note: Infección del pericardio producida por bacilos tuberculosos. Esta afección surge por la extensión de lesiones tuberculosas contiguas (de los ganglios linfáticos hiliares o mediastínicos) o por tuberculosis pleuropulmonar.
Descriptor Portuguese: Pericardite Tuberculosa
Descriptor French: Péricardite tuberculeuse
Entry term(s): Pericarditides, Tuberculous
Tuberculous Pericarditides
Tuberculous Pericarditis
Tree number(s): C01.150.252.410.040.552.846.617.150.595
C01.190.750.595
C14.260.750.595
C14.280.720.801
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D010495
Scope note: INFLAMMATION of the sac surrounding the heart (PERICARDIUM) due to MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS infection. Pericarditis can lead to swelling (PERICARDIAL EFFUSION), compression of the heart (CARDIAC TAMPONADE), and preventing normal beating of the heart.
Allowable Qualifiers: BL blood
CF cerebrospinal fluid
CI chemically induced
CL classification
CN congenital
CO complications
DG diagnostic imaging
DH diet therapy
DI diagnosis
DT drug therapy
EC economics
EH ethnology
EM embryology
EN enzymology
EP epidemiology
ET etiology
GE genetics
HI history
IM immunology
ME metabolism
MI microbiology
MO mortality
NU nursing
PA pathology
PC prevention & control
PP physiopathology
PS parasitology
PX psychology
RH rehabilitation
RT radiotherapy
SU surgery
TH therapy
TM transmission
UR urine
VE veterinary
VI virology
Public MeSH Note: 91; was see under TUBERCULOSIS, CARDIOVASCULAR 1975-90
Online Note: search TUBERCULOSIS, CARDIOVASCULAR 1966-74
History Note: 91(75); was see under TUBERCULOSIS, CARDIOVASCULAR 1975-90
DeCS ID: 10685
Unique ID: D010495
NLM Classification: WG 275
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Date Established: 1991/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 2006/07/05
Pericarditis, Tuberculous - Preferred
Concept UI M0016306
Scope note INFLAMMATION of the sac surrounding the heart (PERICARDIUM) due to MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS infection. Pericarditis can lead to swelling (PERICARDIAL EFFUSION), compression of the heart (CARDIAC TAMPONADE), and preventing normal beating of the heart.
Preferred term Pericarditis, Tuberculous
Entry term(s) Pericarditides, Tuberculous
Tuberculous Pericarditides
Tuberculous Pericarditis



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