Acute pericarditis etiologies: Data from published clinical studies with unselected populations

	Western Europe (2007-2012)^[1]	Africa (1995-2001)^[2]
Idiopathic^*	516 (55.3%)	32 (13.7%)
Specific etiology	417 (44.7%)	201 (86.3%)
Neoplastic^¶	85 (8.9%)	22 (9.4%)
Tuberculosis^¶	4 (<1.0%)	161 (69.5%)
Autoimmune etiologies^¶	25 (2.6%)^Δ	12 (5.2%)
Purulent^¶	29 (3.0%)	5 (2.1%)

* Most idiopathic cases are likely viral.

¶ As a fraction of the entire sample.

Δ Autoimmune pericarditis can be caused by autoimmune disease or as a complication of myocardial infarction (MI) or cardiac surgery. In this table, we only report pericarditis caused by autoimmune disease, while the original paper (Gouriet et al) reports an additional 188 cases related to MI or cardiac surgery.

Data from:

Gouriet F, Levy PY, Casalta JP, et al. Etiology of pericarditis in a prospective cohort of 1162 cases. Am J Med 2015; 128:784.
Reuter H, Burgess LJ, Louw VJ, et al. The management of tuberculous pericardial effusion: experience in 233 consecutive patients. Cardiovasc J S Afr 2007; 18:20.

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Acute pericarditis etiologies: Data from published clinical studies with unselected populations