Polymerase Chain Reaction of Pleural Biopsy Is a Rapid and Sensitive Method for the Diagnosis of Tuberculous Pleural Effusion

Chest

Volumn 124, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 2105-2111

  Hasaneen, Nadia A ^a,b   Zaki, Maysaa E ^a   Shalaby, Hala M ^a   El Morsi, Ahmad S ^a  

^a MANSOURA UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

BACTEC system culture; Pleural biopsy; Pleural effusion; Polymerase chain reaction; Tuberculosis pleural effusion

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANALYTICAL EQUIPMENT; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; MALE; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NONHUMAN; PLEURA BIOPSY; PLEURA EFFUSION; PLEURA FLUID; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STAINING; TUBERCULOSIS; TUBERCULOUS PLEURAL EFFUSION; ZIEHL NEELSEN STAINING;

EID: 0346363597     PISSN: 00123692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1378/chest.124.6.2105     Document Type: Article

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