Clinical characteristics and initial management of patients with tuberculous pericarditis in the HIV era: the Investigation of the Management of Pericarditis in Africa (IMPI Africa) registry

Table 6 Results of pericardial fluid analyses by clinical HIV status

Feature	Clinical HIV disease	No clinical HIV disease	P
Pericardiocentesis Indication:	31 (44.9)	38 (55.1)	0.29
Diagnostic	14 (45.2)	17 (54.8)	0.97
Therapeutic	17 (44.7)	21 (55.3)
Pericardial aspirate analyses:
Adenosine deaminase (n)
> 40 IU/L	8 (42.1)	11 (57.9)	0.79
< 40 IU/L	7 (46.7)	8 (53.3)
Ziehl-Neelsen stain for acid-fast bacilli (n)
Positive	3 (42.9)	4 (57.1)	0.62
Negative	20 (40.8)	29 (59.2)
TB culture (n)
Positive	2 (33.3)	4 (66.7)	0.61
Negative	4 (40.0)	6 (60.0)

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