Increased pleural fluid adenosine deaminase in brucellosis is difficult to differentiate from tuberculosis

Respiration

Volumn 69, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 556-559

  Dikensoy, Oner ^a   Namiduru, Mustafa ^a   Hocaoglu, Sibel ^a   Ikidag, Belgin ^a   Filiz, Ayten ^a  

^a GAZIANTEP UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Adenosine deaminase; Brucella melitensis; Pleural effusion; Pulmonary brucellosis

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE DEAMINASE; GLUCOSE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRUCELLA; BRUCELLOSIS; CARBOHYDRATE ANALYSIS; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ENDEMIC DISEASE; ENZYME ASSAY; EXUDATE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LYMPHOCYTE; PLEURA FLUID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TUBERCULOSIS;

ADENOSINE DEAMINASE; ADULT; BRUCELLA MELITENSIS; BRUCELLOSIS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PLEURAL EFFUSION; PLEURISY; TUBERCULOSIS, PLEURAL;

EID: 18744389121     PISSN: 00257931     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000066465     Document Type: Article

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