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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]; Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Fahimeh Shojaei, M.D.

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Common risk factors in the development of tuberculous pericarditis include immunodeficiency (AIDS, malignancy, chemotherapy, diabetes and elderly), TB exposure, male gender, and African-American race.

Common risk factors in the development of tuberculous pericarditis include:^[1]^[2]^[3]

Less common risk factors in the development of tuberculous pericarditis include:^[4]^[5]
- IV drug use
- Malnutrition
- chronic hemodialysis

↑ Wragg, A (2000). "Tuberculous pericarditis and HIV infection". Heart. 84 (2): 127–128. doi:10.1136/heart.84.2.127. ISSN 0007-0769.
↑ Subhash, H S; Ashwin, I; Mukundan, U; Danda, D; John, G; Cherian, A M; Thomas, K (2016). "Drug Resistant Tuberculosis in Diabetes Mellitus: A Retrospective Study from South India". Tropical Doctor. 33 (3): 154–156. doi:10.1177/004947550303300311. ISSN 0049-4755.
↑ Rooney JJ, Crocco JA, Lyons HA (January 1970). "Tuberculous pericarditis". Ann. Intern. Med. 72 (1): 73–81. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-72-1-73. PMID 5410398.
↑ Amedia C, Oettinger CW (August 1977). "Unusual presentation of tuberculosis in chronic hemodialysis patients". Clin. Nephrol. 8 (2): 363–6. PMID 891049.
↑ Zachariah, R.; Spielmann, M.P.; Harries, A.D.; Salaniponi, F.M.L. (2002). "Moderate to severe malnutrition in patients with tuberculosis is a risk factor associated with early death". Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene. 96 (3): 291–294. doi:10.1016/S0035-9203(02)90103-3. ISSN 0035-9203.