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Diagnostic value of ex vivo pleural fluid interferon-gamma versus adapted whole-blood quantiferon-TB gold in tube assays in tuberculous pleural effusion

open access: yesAnnals of Thoracic Medicine, 2012
Background: Noninvasive diagnosis of pleural tuberculosis (TB) remains a challenge due to the paucibacillary nature of the disease. As Mycobacterium tuberculosis (MTB)-specific T cells are recruited into pleural space in TB effusion; their indirect ...
Eman N Eldin   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Bacterial Infection Elicits Heat Shock Protein 72 Release from Pleural Mesothelial Cells [PDF]

open access: yes, 2013
Heat shock protein 70 (HSP70) has been implicated in infection-related processes and has been found in body fluids during infection. This study aimed to determine whether pleural mesothelial cells release HSP70 in response to bacterial infection in vitro
Bielsa, S   +8 more
core   +1 more source

Interpreting pleural fluid results [PDF]

open access: yesClinical Medicine, 2019
Interpreting pleural fluid results correctly requires an awareness of the possible aetiologies of a pleural effusion and an understanding of the reliability of the outcome of each investigation. All results must be interpreted within each different clinical context and knowledge of the pitfalls for each test is necessary when the diagnosis is unclear ...
Mercer, RM   +4 more
openaire   +2 more sources

Diagnostic utility of pleural fluid and serum markers in differentiation between malignant and non-malignant pleural effusions

open access: yesEuropean Journal of Medical Research, 2009
Study objective To evaluate the diagnostic value of four different tumor markers: cancer antigen 125 (CA-125), carcinoembryonic antigen (CEA), cytokeratin 19 fragment (CYFRA 21-1) and neuron specific enolase (NSE) in patients with malignant and non ...
Korczynski P   +8 more
doaj   +1 more source

Report of results of pleural biopsy (Needle biopsy and open biopsy) in 108 cases and 245 biopsies [PDF]

open access: yes, 1960
1. The results of 245 pleural biopsies perfomed in 108 patients including 219 pleural needle biopsies and 26 pleural open biopsies were reported. The method of pleural biopsy seems to be superior to any other currently available diagnostic procedures for
Mc, Lt. Col., Sohn, Isaack
core   +1 more source

Massive malignant pleural effusion due to lung adenocarcinoma in 13-year-old boy [PDF]

open access: yes, 2016
A 13-year-old boy with no risk factors for lung cancer presented with a massive left-sided pleural effusion and a mediastinal shift on chest radiography and computed tomography. A chest tube drained bloody pleural fluid with an exudative pattern.
Afghani, R.   +5 more
core   +1 more source

Can malignant and inflammatory pleural effusions in dogs be distinguished using computed tomography [PDF]

open access: yes, 2017
Computed tomography (CT) is the primary imaging modality used to investigate human patients with suspected malignant or inflammatory pleural effusion, but there is a lack of information about the clinical use of this test in dogs.
Aquino   +35 more
core   +1 more source

Pleural fluid investigations for pleural infections

open access: yesJournal of Laboratory and Precision Medicine, 2021
Over 1.5 million patients are admitted to hospital with pneumonia in the United States each year. Up to 50% of them can develop a parapneumonic effusion which is associated with higher mortality. The incidence of pleural infection continues to rise, particularly in the elderly and those with comorbidities.
Roy, Bapti   +2 more
openaire   +2 more sources

Determination of tissue polypeptide-specific antigen in pleural fluid and serum from patients with pleural effusion

open access: yesThe International Journal of Biological Markers, 1995
As a tool for differentiating malignant and benign pleural effusions, we evaluated the diagnostic value of the assay of tissue polypeptide-specific antigen (TPS) in pleural fluid and serum, and of the pleural fluid TPS/serum TPS ratio in patients with ...
V. Villena   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

The role of tumor necrosis factor alpha in differentiation between malignant and non malignant pleural effusion

open access: yesEgyptian Journal of Chest Disease and Tuberculosis, 2016
Background: Despite the fact that Light’s criteria remain the gold standard approach in differentiating exudates from transudates, several fluid markers have been introduced for establishing the cause of pleural effusion to differentiate types of pleural
Heba M. Atef   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

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