Cytologic features of mycobacterial pleuritis: Logistic regression and statistical analysis of a blinded, case-controlled study

Diagnostic Cytopathology

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 173-176

  Ellison, Erin ^a   Lapuerta, Pablo ^b   Martin, Sue Ellen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

AIDS; HIV; Mycobacterium; Pleuritis; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MESOTHELIUM CELL; PLEURA EFFUSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TUBERCULOUS PLEURISY;

ACQUIRED IMMUNODEFICIENCY SYNDROME; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CYTODIAGNOSIS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; EPITHELIUM; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; LYMPHOCYTOSIS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PLEURAL EFFUSION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD; TUBERCULOSIS, PLEURAL;

EID: 0031857791     PISSN: 87551039     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0339(199809)19:3<173::AID-DC3>3.0.CO;2-E     Document Type: Article

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