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Diagnostic Performance of Pleural Fluid Adenosine Deaminase for Tuberculous Pleural Effusion in a Low-Incidence Setting

Journal of Clinical Microbiology, 2018
The challenges associated with diagnosing tuberculous pleural effusion have led to the use of pleural fluid adenosine deaminase (pfADA) as a biomarker for Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection.
Matthew R Blakiston, W. Chiu, Conroy A Wong, S. Morpeth, Susan L. Taylor   +4 more
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Prospective detection of mutations in cerebrospinal fluid, pleural effusion, and ascites of advanced cancer patients to guide treatment decisions

Molecular Oncology, 2019
Many advanced cases of cancer show central nervous system, pleural, or peritoneal involvement. In this study, we prospectively analyzed if cerebrospinal fluid (CSF), pleural effusion (PE), and/or ascites (ASC) can be used to detect driver mutations and ...
S. Villatoro, C. Mayo-de-las-Casas, N. Jordana-Ariza, S. Viteri-Ramírez, M. Garzón-Ibáñez, I. Moya-Horno, B. García-Peláez, M. González-Cao, U. Malapelle, Ariadna Balada-Bel, A. Martínez-Bueno, Raquel Campos, N. Reguart, M. Majem, R. Blanco, A. Blasco, M. Catalan, X. Gonzàlez, G. Troncone, N. Karachaliou, R. Rosell, M. Molina-Vila   +21 more
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Diagnostic value of procalcitonin and C-reactive protein in differentiation between some benign and malignant pleural

Egyptian Journal of Chest Disease and Tuberculosis, 2014
Pleural effusion is relatively common clinical condition that requires differential diagnosis. It is defined as collection of fluid in pleural space. Pleural effusion is often diagnostic dilemma for the physician.
Wafaa S. El-Shimy, Ghada A. Attia, Sahar M. Hazzaa, Yousef M. Mansour, Walaa M. Abd El-Halim   +4 more
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The modern diagnosis and management of pleural effusions [PDF]

, 2015
A pleural effusion describes an excess of fluid in the pleural cavity, usually resulting from an imbalance in the normal rate of pleural fluid production or absorption, or both.
Bhatnagar, Rahul, Maskell, Nick A
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The pleural fluid lactate dehydrogenase/adenosine deaminase ratio differentiates between tuberculous and parapneumonic pleural effusions

BMC Pulmonary Medicine, 2017
BackgroundAlthough pleural fluid lactate dehydrogenase (LDH) and adenosine deaminase (ADA) levels are often used to distinguish between tuberculous pleural effusion (TPE) and parapneumonic pleural effusion (PPE), this can be challenging as the LDH level ...
Jinlin Wang, Jun Liu, Xiaohong Xie, P. Shen, Jianxing He, Yunxiang Zeng   +5 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Pleural fluid CRP, LDH, and pH as predictors of successful pleurodesis in malignant pleural effusions

Egyptian Journal of Chest Disease and Tuberculosis, 2015
Background: Pleurodesis fails in 10–40% of patients with recurrent malignant pleural effusions (MPEs) and dyspnea. An accurate definition of the different characteristics of the patient would help to identify more precisely the population mostly ...
Samah M. Shehata, Ashraf E. Sileem, Kareem M. El-Fakharany   +2 more
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The occurrence and management of fluid retention associated with TKI therapy in CML, with a focus on dasatinib [PDF]

, 2009
Tyrosine kinase inhibitors (TKIs) like dasatinib and nilotinib are indicated as second-line treatment for chronic myeloid leukemia resistant or intolerant to the current first-line TKI imatinib. These are agents are well tolerated, but potent and as such
David Masiello, Gerry Gorospe, Allen S Yang, CL Sawyers, CR Bartram, J Groffen, TG Lugo, RH Alvarez, HM Kantarjian, BJ Druker, T Hughes, JL Steegman, LJ Lombardo, T O'Hare, T O'Hare, J Cortes, F Guilhot, A Hochhaus, MJ Mauro, NP Shah, HJ Khoury, H de Lavallade, A Quintas-Cardama, A Bergeron, S Blake, U Rix, A Hochhaus, HM Kantarjian, P Le Coutre, O Ottmann   +29 more
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Use of hyaluronidase in the comparison between manual and automated hematology analysis with the ADVIA 120 to improve analysis of feline body cavity effusions [PDF]

, 2017
Classification of body cavity effusions is an important step in the investigation and diagnosis of disease in cats. Feline inflammatory effusions are often highly proteinaceous and viscous, which can cause clumping of white cells and subsequently ...
Haining, Hayley, Hulme-Moir, Lisa, Lee, Sei Ming, Weir, William, Williamson, Kenneth   +4 more
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Pleural fluid cell-free DNA integrity index to identify cytologically negative malignant pleural effusions including mesotheliomas

BMC Cancer, 2012
Background The diagnosis of malignant pleural effusions (MPE) is often clinically challenging, especially if the cytology is negative for malignancy. DNA integrity index has been reported to be a marker of malignancy.
Sriram Krishna B, Relan Vandana, Clarke Belinda E, Duhig Edwina E, Windsor Morgan N, Matar Kevin S, Naidoo Rishendran, Passmore Linda, McCaul Elizabeth, Courtney Deborah, Yang Ian A, Bowman Rayleen V, Fong Kwun M   +12 more
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Indwelling Pleural Catheters in Hepatic Hydrothorax: A Single-Center Series of Outcomes and Complications [PDF]

, 2018
Background Treatment of hepatic hydrothorax (HH) generally involves sodium restriction, diuretics, and serial thoracentesis. In more advanced cases, transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt and liver transplantation may be required.
Bosslet, Gabriel, Diab, Khalil, Ghabril, Marwan, Kniese, Christopher   +3 more
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