"Death at the wheel" due to tuberculosis of the myocardium : a case report

Du Toit-Prinsloo, Lorraine; Saayman, Gert

dc.contributor.author	Du Toit-Prinsloo, Lorraine
dc.contributor.author	Saayman, Gert
dc.date.accessioned	2016-06-21T06:40:29Z
dc.date.issued	2016-07
dc.description.abstract	According to the WorldHealth Organization, an estimated 9 million people contracted tuberculosis (TB) with approximately 25% of TB cases being from Africa. TB was reported as the number one cause of natural death for the period 2011–2013 in South Africa. The first reported case of myocardial TB was in 1664 by Maurocordat and the first reported case of sudden cardiac death due to TB was made in 1977.We present a case report of myocardial TB in an apparently healthy, 35-year-old male who died suddenly while driving his car. The problems associated with the diagnosis of TB of the myocardium and an overview of the relevant literature is provided.	en_ZA
dc.description.department	Forensic Medicine	en_ZA
dc.description.embargo	2017-07-31
dc.description.librarian	hb2016	en_ZA
dc.description.uri	http://www.journals.elsevier.com/cardiovascular-pathology	en_ZA
dc.identifier.citation	Du Toit-Prinsloo, L & Saayman, G 2016, '"Death at the wheel" due to tuberculosis of the myocardium : a case report', Cardiovascular Pathology, vol. 25, no. 4, pp. 271-274.	en_ZA
dc.identifier.issn	1054-8807
dc.identifier.other	10.1016/j.carpath.2016.03.003
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/2263/53275
dc.language.iso	en	en_ZA
dc.publisher	Elsevier	en_ZA
dc.rights	© 2016 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. All rights reserved. Notice : this is the author’s version of a work that was accepted for publication in Cardiovascular Pathology. Changes resulting from the publishing process, such as peer review, editing, corrections, structural formatting, and other quality control mechanisms may not be reflected in this document. Changes may have been made to this work since it was submitted for publication. A definitive version was subsequently published in Cardiovascular Pathology, vol. 25, no. 4, pp. 271-274, 2016. doi : 10.1016/j.carpath.2016.03.003.	en_ZA
dc.subject	Myocardial tuberculosis	en_ZA
dc.subject	Polymerase chain reaction	en_ZA
dc.subject	Sudden cardiac death	en_ZA
dc.subject	Ziehl-Neelson staining	en_ZA
dc.subject	Tuberculosis (TB)	en_ZA
dc.subject.other	Health sciences articles SDG-03
dc.subject.other	SDG-03: Good health and well-being
dc.title	"Death at the wheel" due to tuberculosis of the myocardium : a case report	en_ZA
dc.type	Postprint Article	en_ZA