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Assessment of Adenosine Deaminase Level and the Utility of Polymerase Chain Reaction in Diagnosis of Tuberculous Pleural Effusion

Journal of Gandaki Medical College, 2018
Background: Extrapulmonary tuberculosis is one of the major causes of exudative pleural effusion. The paucibacillary nature of effusion suggests the need of markers and methodologies for accurate diagnosis and prognosis of tuberculosis as well as to ...
A Nagila, S Khanal, N Dhakal, M Bhatta, B K Tamrakar   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Diabetes mellitus and pulmonary tuberculosis, association or co-incidence? [PDF]

, 2011
Objectives: To evaluate the effect of Diabetes Mellitus (DM) on clinical and diagnostic methods and radiological features of pulmonary TB, in comparison to non diabetic pulmonary TB patients, in Golestan province, Northeast of Iran.
Aida, M., Elham, G., Hamid, G., Rahim, R.S., Roghieh, G.   +4 more
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Nested-PCR using MPB64 fragment improves the diagnosis of pleural and meningeal tuberculosis

Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical, 2000
Fluids in which Mycobacterium tuberculosis are seldom found, such as pleural and cerebrospinal liquids, are good candidates to be studied using PCR techniques.
Luiz C. Martins, Ilma A. Paschoal, Angela Von Nowakonski, Silvana A.B. Silva, Fernando F. Costa, Laura Sterian Ward   +5 more
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The performance of an in-house nested-PCR technique for pleural tuberculosis diagnoses

Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical, 2013
Introduction This study evaluated the performance of an in-house nested-PCR system for the detection of the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex in pleural fluid, blood and urine samples from pleural effusion tuberculosis patients by health services ...
Lilian Maria Lapa Montenegro, Bruno Cesar da Silva, Juliana Figueiredo da Costa Lima, Heidi Lacerda Alves da Cruz, Rosana de Albuquerque Montenegro, Fernando Luiz Cavalcanti Lundgren, Alfredo Pereira Leite de Albuquerque Filho, Haiana Charifker Schindler   +7 more
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Radiological Insights Into the Pericardium: A Comprehensive Review

Journal of Medical Imaging and Radiation Oncology, Volume 69, Issue 4, Page 468-475, June 2025.
ABSTRACT The pericardium is not simply a two‐layered membrane surrounding the heart and great vessels. Pericardial effusion is the most common manifestation of various pathological conditions involving the pericardium. Therefore, we are tempted to think of the pericardium as a virtual space containing only fluid, but it can also contain solid and ...
Felipe Aluja‐Jaramillo, Omar Andrés Pantoja‐Burbano, Fernando R. Gutiérrez, Carlos Previgliano, Sanjeev Bhalla   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Comparison of laboratory testing methods for the diagnosis of tuberculous pleurisy in China

Scientific Reports, 2017
To evaluate the diagnostic utilities of different methods for Mycobacterium tuberculosis (M. tuberculosis) detection in pleural fluid that represent potentially cost-effective measures for resource-limited settings in China.
Qing Zhang, Caicun Zhou
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Risk Factors and Long‐Term Prognosis for Coinfection of Nontuberculous Mycobacterial Pulmonary Disease and Chronic Pulmonary Aspergillosis: A Multicentre Observational Study in Japan

Mycoses, Volume 68, Issue 6, June 2025.
ABSTRACT Background Nontuberculous mycobacterial pulmonary disease (NTM‐PD) is a chronic respiratory infection with increasing prevalence and mortality worldwide. Coinfection with chronic pulmonary aspergillosis (CPA) is a significant complication of NTM‐PD, often complicating treatment and resulting in poor prognosis.
Yasuhiro Tanaka, Shotaro Ide, Takahiro Takazono, Kazuaki Takeda, Naoki Iwanaga, Masataka Yoshida, Naoki Hosogaya, Yusei Tsukamoto, Satoshi Irifune, Takayuki Suyama, Tomo Mihara, Akira Kondo, Tsutomu Kobayashi, Yuichi Fukuda, Eisuke Sasaki, Toyomitsu Sawai, Yasuhito Higashiyama, Kohji Hashiguchi, Minako Hanaka, Toshihiko Ii, Kiyoyasu Fukushima, Kosaku Komiya, Taiga Miyazaki, Kazuhiro Yatera, Koichi Izumikawa, Akitsugu Furumoto, Katsunori Yanagihara, Hiroshi Mukae   +27 more
wiley   +1 more source

Pleural fluid characteristics of pleuropulmonary paragonimiasis masquerading as pleural tuberculosis

The Korean Journal of Internal Medicine, 2015
Pleuropulmonary paragonimiasis produces no specific symptoms or radiologic findings, allowing for the possibility of misdiagnosis. We evaluated the specific clinical and pleural fluid features of pleuropulmonary paragonimiasis masquerading as pleural tuberculosis.We retrospectively analyzed the clinical and radiologic characteristics of 20 patients ...
Do-Sim Park, Eun-Taik Jeong, Ki-Eun Hwang, Su-Jin Oh, Kwon-Ha Yoon, Hyoyeop Song, Hak-Ryul Kim, Jae-Wan Jung   +7 more
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Nurses\u27 Alumnae Association Bulletin - Volume 6 Number 9 [PDF]

, 1948
Remember the Relief Fund Welcome! Miss Childs Financial Report Calendar of Coming Events Lest You Forget! Attention Review of the Alumnae Association Meetings Institutional Staff Nurses\u27 Section Report of Staff Activities - 1947-1948 Private Duty ...
Allbritton, Frank F, Bauer, Mrs. Edward L, Beatty, Dorothy M, Bonenberger, Mary, Carey, Margaret A, Childs, Katherine, Dute, Evelyn, Erf, Lowell, Flack, Henrietta L, Montgomery, Thaddeus L, Piersol, Betty, Price, Allison, Ranck, Dorothy, Shoemaker, Nora E, Spruance, Henrietta F, Walker, Martha, Walters, Elsie M   +16 more
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Diagnostic accuracy of multidetector computed tomography scan in mediastinal masses assuming histopathological findings as gold standard [PDF]

, 2018
Purpose: Aim of the study was to: 1) present MDCT characteristics of different mediastinal mass lesions, 2) estimate proportion of benign and malignant mediastinal mass lesions based on MDCT findings, and 3) find out the diagnostic accuracy with ...
Jaipal, Usha, Mannan, Nima, Pandey, Somshankar, Yadav, Rajkumar   +3 more
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