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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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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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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Reanalysis and validation of the transcriptional pleural fluid signature in pleural tuberculosis
Frontiers in ImmunologyIntroductionPleural 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.
Raquel da Silva Corrêa +8 more
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The pleural tuberculosis [PDF]
JOURNAL OF FUNCTIONAL VENTILATION AND PULMONOLOGY, 2016 Lamyae Amro, Othmane Ouardi
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Diagnosis and management of pneumonia in the emergency department. [PDF]
, 2008 Pneumonia is a condition that is often treated by emergency physicians. This article reviews the diagnosis and management of pneumonia in the emergency department and highlights dilemmas in diagnostic testing, use of blood and sputum cultures, hospital ...
Abrahamian, Fredrick M +2 more
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Causes of mortality and characterisation of Mycobacteriosis in adult New Zealand sea lions (Phocarctos Hookeri) at Enderby Island : a thesis presented in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Veterinary Science in Wildlife Health at Massey University, Manawatū, Palmerston North, New Zealand [PDF]
, 2017 The New Zealand sea lion (Phocarctos hookeri) is classified as endangered and “Nationally Critical” due to a declining population and restricted population range. There have been recent bacterial epizootic events at the breeding colonies of this species,
Lenting, Baukje Mirjam
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The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, 1967 H T, Langston, W L, Barker, A A, Graham
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Predictive model for the diagnosis of tuberculous pleural effusion
Brazilian Journal of Infectious DiseasesThis study developed a predictive model to identify pleural tuberculosis. A consecutive cases study of patients investigating the cause of pleural effusion, in an area of high prevalence of tuberculosis (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil).
Denise Duprat Neves +2 more
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