Subacute Cardiac Tamponade Due to Tuberculous Pericarditis Diagnosed by Urine Lipoarabinomannan Assay in a Immunocompetent Patient in Oyam District, Uganda: A Case Report.
Elda De VitaFrancesco Vladimiro SegalaJames AmoneKabuga SamuelClaudia MarottaGiovanni PutotoRitah NassaliPeter LochoroDavide Fiore BavaroJerry IcthoSamuel OkoriFrancesco Di GennaroAnnalisa SaracinoPublished in: International journal of environmental research and public health (2022)
Our case highlights the potential usefulness of a LF-LAM-based diagnostic approach, suggesting that, in low-resource settings, this test might be used as part of routine diagnostic workup in patients with pericardial disease or suspected extra-pulmonary tuberculosis.