Tuberculous pleural effusions: Advances and controversies

Journal of Thoracic Disease

Volumn 7, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 981-991

  Vorster, Morné J ^a   Allwood, Brian W ^a   Diacon, Andreas H ^a   Koegelenberg, Coenraad F N ^a  

^a STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Pleural biopsy; Pleural effusion; Thoracentesis; Tuberculosis (TB)

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE DEAMINASE; CORTICOSTEROID; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; LYSOZYME;

ACID FAST BACTERIUM; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DELAYED HYPERSENSITIVITY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC APPROACH ROUTE; ECHOGRAPHY; FALSE NEGATIVE RESULT; FALSE POSITIVE RESULT; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LIQUID CULTURE; LUNG EMPHYSEMA; LUNG GRANULOMA; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEIC ACID AMPLIFICATION; PLEURA BIOPSY; PLEURA EFFUSION; PLEURA FLUID; PLEURA THICKENING; PLEURAL FIBROSIS; REVIEW; SPUTUM CULTURE; THORACOCENTESIS; THORACOSCOPY; THORAX DRAINAGE; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TUBERCULOUS PLEURISY;

EID: 84930889930     PISSN: 20721439     EISSN: 20776624     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3978/j.issn.2072-1439.2015.02.18     Document Type: Review

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