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Pleural tuberculosis: experiences from two centers in Brazil [PDF]
Jornal de Pediatria, 2022 Objective: This study aimed to describe the clinical and laboratory findings of patients diagnosed with pleural tuberculosis at two hospitals in southern Brazil. Methods: Patients aged < 18 years were evaluated retrospectively.
Magda Lunelli +4 more
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Reanalysis and validation of the transcriptional pleural fluid signature in pleural tuberculosis. [PDF]
Front Immunol, 2023 IntroductionPleural tuberculosis (PlTB), the most common site of extrapulmonary TB, is characterized by a paucibacillary nature and a compartmentalized inflammatory response in the pleural cavity, both of which make diagnosis and management extremely challenging.
Corrêa RDS +8 more
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Diagnosing Pleural Tuberculosis [PDF]
Chest, 2004 2004;125;2366-2367 Chest Sperhacke and Maria Lucia Rossetti Anete Trajman, Morrys C. Kaisermann, Afranio L. Kritski, Rosa Dea Diagnosing Pleural Tuberculosis http://chestjournal.chestpubs.org/content/125/6/2366.full.html services can be found online on the World Wide Web at: The online version of this article, along with updated information and ISSN ...
Anete Trajman +4 more
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Clinics, 2012 OBJECTIVE: Pleural tuberculosis is the most frequently occurring form of extra pulmonary disease in adults. In up to 40% of cases, the lung parenchyma is concomitantly involved, which can have an epidemiological impact.
Leila Antonangelo +7 more
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A Rare Case of Primary Calcific Pleural Tuberculosis – A Case Report [PDF]
Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research, 2017 Tuberculosis is a highly prevalent disease in India. It has a myriad of presentations. Usually pleural tuberculosis occur secondary to pulmonary tuberculosis which can manifest as pleural effusion leading to pleural calcification.
G Sahana +3 more
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Pediatric pleural tuberculosis
International Journal of Mycobacteriology, 2018 Pleural tuberculosis (TB) diagnosis is sometimes controversial because the microbiologic confirmation ratio is very low in pleural fluid. There are few pediatric pleural TB case series in the literature.We retrospectively evaluated our TB cases below 18 years of age and extracted pleural TB cases.Seven cases with pleural TB were identified. About 42.9%
G uuml ls uuml m İclal Bayhan +3 more
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Pleural tuberculosis presented as multiple pleural masses: An atypical presentation
Lung India, 2013 Tuberculous involvement of the pleura usually presents as pleural effusion, empyema or pleural thickening. Pleural tuberculosis presenting with multiple masses without parenchymal involvement or lymphadenopathy has been reported rarely in the English ...
Anand Patel, Sushmita Choudhury
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The use of real-time polymerase chain reaction and an adenosine deaminase assay for diagnosing pleural tuberculosis [PDF]
African Journal of Laboratory Medicine, 2019 Background: The diagnosis of pleural tuberculosis remains a challenge, because the most widely used conventional diagnostic tools are unable to rapidly detect Mycobacterium tuberculosis in pleural fluid with sufficient sensitivity.
Mulalo Molaudzi, Julitha Molepo
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The role of thoracoscopic biopsies in the diagnosis of pleural tuberculosis [PDF]
Respiratory Medicine Case Reports, 2019 Tuberculosis (TB) is a significant public health problem in many developing countries. In many cases, tuberculosis may present a significant diagnostic challenge.
A. Haralsingh, R. Rawlins
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