Factors affecting pleural fluid adenosine deaminase level and the implication on the diagnosis of tuberculous pleural effusion: A retrospective cohort study

BMC Infectious Diseases

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Tay, Tunn R ^a   Tee, Augustine ^a  

^a CHANGI GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Adenosine deaminase; Biological markers; Pleural effusion; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE DEAMINASE; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; BIOLOGICAL MARKER;

ADULT; AREA UNDER THE CURVE; ARTICLE; BLOOD CELL COUNT; COHORT ANALYSIS; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DEMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PLEURA EFFUSION; PLEURA FLUID; PREDICTIVE VALUE; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TUBERCULOUS PLEURAL EFFUSION; AGED; ENZYMOLOGY; EXUDATE; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; TUBERCULOUS PLEURISY;

ADENOSINE DEAMINASE; ADULT; AGED; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; EXUDATES AND TRANSUDATES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PLEURAL EFFUSION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TUBERCULOSIS, PLEURAL;

EID: 84887508539     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712334     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2334-13-546     Document Type: Article

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