Diagnostic tools in tuberculous pleurisy: A direct comparative study

European Respiratory Journal

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 589-591

  Diacon, A H ^a   Van de Wal, B W ^a   Wyser, C ^a   Smedema, J P ^a   Bezuidenhout, J ^a   Bolliger, C T ^a   Walzl, G ^a  

^a STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Closed needle biopsy; Pleural effusion; Thoracoscopy; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE DEAMINASE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BIOCHEMISTRY; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST; CULTURE TECHNIQUE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IDIOPATHIC DISEASE; INCIDENCE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LEUKOCYTE DIFFERENTIAL COUNT; LUNG CANCER; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; NEEDLE BIOPSY; NEUTROPHIL; PLEURA EFFUSION; PLEURA FLUID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THORACOSCOPY; TRACHEOBRONCHIAL TOILET; TUBERCULOUS PLEURISY;

EID: 0141962594     PISSN: 09031936     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1183/09031936.03.00017103a     Document Type: Article

References (11)

1. Valdes L, Alvarez D, San Jose E, et al. Tuberculous pleurisy: A study of 254 patients. Arch Intern Med 1998; 158: 2017-2021.
2. Prakash UB, Reiman HM. Comparison of needle biopsy with cytologic analysis for the evaluation of pleural effusion: analysis of 414 cases. Mayo Clin Proc 1985; 60: 158-164.
3. Loddenkemper R. Thoracoscopy-state of the art. Eur Respir J 1998; 11: 213-221.
4. Riantawan P, Chaowalit P, Wongsangiem M, Rojanaraweewong P. Diagnostic value of pleural fluid adenosine deaminase in tuberculous pleuritis with reference to HIV coinfection and a Bayesian analysis. Chest 1999; 116: 97-103.
5. Burgess LJ, Maritz FJ, Le Roux I, Taljaard JJ. Combined use of pleural adenosine deaminase with lymphocyte/neutrophil ratio. Increased specificity for the diagnosis of tuberculous pleuritis. Chest 1996; 109: 414-419.
6. Dept of Health. Epidemiological Comments 1999. Directorate Health Systems Research and Epidemiology, South Africa, 1999; 1: 10.
7. Giusti G. Adenosine deaminase. In: Bergmeyer HU, ed. Methods of enzymatic analysis. New York, Academic Press; 1974: pp. 1092-1096.
8. Frye MD, Pozsik CJ, Sahn SA. Tuberculous pleurisy is more common in AIDS than in non-AIDS patients with tuberculosis. Chest 1997; 112: 393-397.
9. Richter C, Perenboom R, Mtoni I, et al. Clinical features of HIV-seropositive and HIV-seronegative patients with tuberculous pleural effusion in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. Chest 1994; 106: 1471-1475.
10. Heyderman RS, Makunike R, Muza T, et al. Pleural tuberculosis in Harare, Zimbabwe: the relationship between human immunodeficiency virus, CD4 lymphocyte count, granuloma formation and disseminated disease. Trop Med Int Health 1998; 3: 14-20.
11. Ryan CJ, Rodgers RF, Unni KK, Hepper NG. The outcome of patients with pleural effusion of indeterminate cause at thoracotomy. Mayo Clin Proc 1981; 56: 145-149.