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Bacterial Infection Elicits Heat Shock Protein 72 Release from Pleural Mesothelial Cells [PDF]

, 2013
Heat shock protein 70 (HSP70) has been implicated in infection-related processes and has been found in body fluids during infection. This study aimed to determine whether pleural mesothelial cells release HSP70 in response to bacterial infection in vitro
Bielsa, S, Brown, JS, Creaney, J, della Vergiliana, JFV, Lansley, SM, Lee, YCG, Porcel, JM, Temple, SEL, Waterer, GW   +8 more
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Same-Day Tools, Including Xpert Ultra and IRISA-TB, for Rapid Diagnosis of Pleural Tuberculosis: a Prospective Observational Study

Journal of Clinical Microbiology, 2019
The diagnosis of pleural tuberculosis (TB) is problematic. The comparative performance of newer same-day tools for pleural TB, including Xpert MTB/RIF Ultra (ULTRA), has hitherto not been comprehensively studied.
R. Meldau, P. Randall, A. Pooran, J. Limberis, E. Makambwa, M. Dhansay, A. Esmail, K. Dheda   +7 more
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Malignant and tuberculous pleural effusions: immunophenotypic cellular characterization [PDF]

, 2008
INTRODUCTION AND OBJECTIVES: Tuberculosis and cancer are the main causes of pleural effusion. Pleural involvement is associated with migration of immune cells to the pleural cavity.
AGUIAR, Lucia Maria Zanatta de, ANTONANGELO, Leila, SALDIVA, Paulo Hilário Nascimento, SALES, Maria Mirtes, UIP, David E., VARGAS, Francisco S., ZERBINI, Maria Cláudia Nogueira   +6 more
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Risk factors for tuberculous empyema in pleural tuberculosis patients

Scientific Reports, 2019
Tuberculous empyema (TE) is associated with high mortality and morbidity. In the retrospective cohort study, we aimed to find risk factors for TE among pleural tuberculosis (TB) patients.
Peng Wen, M. Wei, Chao Han, Yu He, Maoshui Wang   +4 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Use of anabolic-androgenic steroids masking the diagnosis of pleural tuberculosis: a case report

Journal of Medical Case Reports, 2009
Introduction Tuberculous pleural effusions are not always easy to diagnose but the presence of a lymphocyte-rich exudate associated with an increased adenosine deaminase level and a positive skin test result are highly sensitive diagnostic signs.
de Larrea Carlos, Duplat Aglae, Rivera-Olivero Ismar, de Waard Jacobus H   +3 more
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Comparison of pleural effusion features and biomarkers between talaromycosis and tuberculosis in non-human immunodeficiency virus-infected patients

BMC Infectious Diseases, 2019
BackgroundDue to the similar clinical, lung imaging, and pathological characteristics, talaromycosis is most commonly misdiagnosed as tuberculosis.
Y. Qiu, W. Zeng, Hui Zhang, X. Zhong, Shudan Tang, Jianquan Zhang   +5 more
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Characteristics of Patients with Tuberculous Pleural Effusion in Rural Nepal

Journal of Lumbini Medical College, 2013
Introduction: Tuberculosis (TB) is a major cause of mortality and morbidity in developing countries. Tubercular Pleural effusion is the second most common form of extra pulmonary tuberculosis (EPTB), superseded in Prevalence only by lymph node ...
M S Paudel, Anjana Kafle, Bishal Khatri Chhetri, Sahadev Prasad Dhungana, Anuj Poudel, Shamsuddhin .   +5 more
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Interferon-gamma release assay performance of pleural fluid and peripheral blood in pleural tuberculosis. [PDF]

PLoS ONE, 2013
BACKGROUND: The diagnosis of pleural tuberculosis (TB) remains to be difficult. Interferon-gamma release assay (IGRA) is a promising method for diagnosing TB in low TB burden countries.
Fei Liu, Mengqiu Gao, Xia Zhang, Fengjiao Du, Hongyan Jia, Xinting Yang, Zitong Wang, Liqun Zhang, Liping Ma, Xiaoguang Wu, Li Xie, Zongde Zhang   +11 more
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Early Contrast Enhancement: a novel Magnetic Resonance Imaging biomarker of pleural malignancy [PDF]

, 2018
Introduction: Pleural Malignancy (PM) is often occult on subjective radiological assessment. We sought to define a novel, semi-objective Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) biomarker of PM, targeted to increased tumour microvessel density (MVD) and ...
Alexander, Laura, Blyth, Kevin G., Cowell, Gordon W., Dick, Craig, Foster, John E., Humphreys, Catherine A., Kelly, Caroline A., Noble, Colin, Stobo, David B., Tsim, Selina, Woodward, Rosemary   +10 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
doaj   +1 more source