MRIMS Journal of Health Sciences, 2014 Adenosine deaminase (ADA) activity was assayed in pleural fluid and serum of 78 subjects with pleural effusion. 48 of them had tuberculosis (TB) pleural effusion and the remaining 30 had pleural effusions due to non TB respiratory diseases.
A Sujatha Rani +2 more
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Bilateral diffuse pleural plaque with calcifications in pleural tuberculosis
Mediastinum, 2018 Tuberculosis (TB) remains one of the leading causes of deadliest infectious diseases in adults worldwide. Diffuse pleural plaque is a very rare manifestation in patients without history of TB or anti-TB therapy. In this case, the computed tomography (CT) scan suggests a bilateral pleural thickening with multiple pleural plaques, which was finally ...
Min Zhang, Hong-Tao Tie
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Pneumothorax and Pneumomediastinum in a Sputum Positive Tuberculosis Patient: The Continuous Diaphragm Sign [PDF]
, 2012 Secondary pneumothorax is a very common medical emergency. At times it is associated with pneumomediastinum, which could be fatal at times if not identified.
Bhatia, V +5 more
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Diagnostic Outcome of Open Pleural Biopsy
The International Journal of Frontier SciencesBackground: Pleural diseases involve the parietal and visceral pleura. They can be of inflammatory or malignant origin. Pleural biopsy is advised for assessment and excluding infectious causes as tuberculosis or malignant disease, particularly malignant
Hafiza Habiba Asma, Areeba Iftikhar
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Anatomically Compartmentalized Human Immunodeficiency Virus Replication in HLA‐DR+Cells and CD14+Macrophages at the Site of Pleural Tuberculosis Coinfection [PDF]
, 2001 Stephen D Lawn +5 more
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Massive pulmonary embolism led to cardiac arrest two days after thoracoscopy in a young male with pleural tuberculosis. [PDF]
Respirol Case Rep, 2023 Kanjo W +4 more
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Aplicação da reação em Cadeia da Polimerase (PCR) para identificação do Mycobacterium tuberculosis em pacientes com suspeita de tuberculose pleural. [PDF]
, 2001 Danielle Malta Lima
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Disseminated tuberculosis presenting as bilateral chylothorax: A case report
SAGE Open Medical Case ReportsTuberculosis, being an airborne disease with a broad spectrum of symptoms and signs, is a rare cause of chylothorax. Mortality due to tuberculous chylothorax is 6%, and bilateral chylothorax has a higher mortality with a poor prognosis. A previously well
WMMHP Wickramasinghe +2 more
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Pseudo-outbreak of Mycobacterium gordonae in a teaching hospital: importance of strictly following decontamination procedures and emerging issues concerning sterilization [PDF]
, 2016 Aim of this study was to investigate a pseudo-outbreak of Mycobacterium gordonae analyzing isolates detected from clinical and environmental samples.
Alessia Cottarelli +10 more
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Use of Pleural Fluid Digital PCR Analysis to Improve the Diagnosis of Pleural Tuberculosis. [PDF]
Microbiol Spectr, 2022 Li Z +12 more
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