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Advances in imaging chest tuberculosis: blurring of differences between children and adults [PDF]

, 2009
This article reviews the ongoing role of imaging in the diagnosis of tuberculosis (TB) and its complications. A modern imaging classification of TB, taking into account both adults and children and the blurring of differences in the presentation patterns,
Ahmad, Al-Nasser, Andronikou, Andronikou, Andronikou, Andronikou, Andronikou, Bosch-Marcet, Bosch-Marcet, Buckingham, Burrill, Casas, Conces, De Backer, De Backer, De Villiers, den Boon, du Plessis, Erlank, Erlank, Fraser, Glicklich, Goodman, Goussard, Griffith-Richards, Grobbelaar, Gulati, Hamilton, Haramati, Hartman, Hopewell, Im, Jeong, Kim, Kim, Lee, Lee, Leung, Lighter, Marais, Maydell, Moon, Morris, Nakanishi, Neufang, Perlman, Raviglione, Reid, Rodriguez, Santelli, Scheepers, Stead, Swingler, Theron, Van Dyck, Van Rie, Vanhoenacker, Verver, Verver, Wall, Westcott, Woodring, Yilmaz, Zellweger   +63 more
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Parasternum pleural-cutaneous fistula in a severely immunosuppressed HIV-positive patient

Brazilian Journal of Infectious Diseases
Pleural tuberculosis occurs in 30% of patients with tuberculosis, and the percentage of patients with tuberculosis pleural effusions is comparable to human immunodeficiency virus HIV-positive and HIV-negative individuals, although pleural tuberculosis is
André Gulinelli, Diogo Oliveira Toledo, Antonio Pereira Coelho-Neto, Roseane Pôrto Medeiros   +3 more
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Pleural Involvement in Spinal Tuberculosis [PDF]

The American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 2012
Spinal tuberculosis or Pott's disease of the spine associated with pleural involvement has long intrigued researchers regarding the nature and pathogenesis of their occurrence. We describe two interesting patients of spinal tuberculosis, one with cervical and another with thoracic spine disease, with pleural involvement, which developed after lateral ...
Malhotra, Hardeep Singh, Garg, Ravindra Kumar, Raut, Tushar Premraj   +2 more
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An improved algorithm for rapid diagnosis of pleural tuberculosis from pleural effusion by combined testing with GeneXpert MTB/RIF and an anti-LAM antibody-based assay

BMC Infectious Diseases, 2019
BackgroundThis retrospective study evaluated the performance of a lipoarabinomannan (LAM)-based immunological method for diagnosing pleural tuberculosis (TB) from pleural effusion samples.
Q. Liang, Y. Pang, Yang Yang, Hua Li, Chao Guo, Xinting Yang, Xiaoyou Chen   +6 more
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Pleural tuberculosis: is radiological evidence of pulmonary-associated disease related to the exacerbation of the inflammatory response?

Clinics
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, Francisco S. Vargas, Juliana Puka, Márcia Seiscento, Milena M. P. Acencio, Lisete R. Teixeira, Ricardo M. Terra, Roberta K. B. Sales   +7 more
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Pleural tuberculosis: medical thoracoscopy greatly increases the diagnostic accuracy

ERJ Open Research, 2018
Our objective was to evaluate the efficacy of a standardised work-up in the diagnosis of pleural tuberculosis (TB) that included fibreoptic bronchoscopy and medical thoracoscopy.
A. Casalini, P. Mori, M. Majori, M. Anghinolfi, E. Silini, L. Gnetti, F. Motta, S. Larini, Sara Montecchini, R. Pisi, A. Calderaro   +10 more
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Is Adenosine Deaminase in Pleural Fluid a Useful Marker for Differentiating Tuberculosis from Lung Cancer or Mesothelioma in Japan, a Country with Intermediate Incidence of Tuberculosis? [PDF]

, 2011
The objective of this study was to evaluate the utility of the determination of adenosine deaminase (ADA) level in pleural fluid for the differential diagnosis between tuberculous pleural effusion (TPE) and malignant pleural effusion (MPE) in Japan, a ...
Aoe, Keisuke, Chikamori, Kenichi, Hiraki, Akio, Kishino, Daizo, Kiura, Katsuyuki, Maeda, Tadashi, Murakami, Kazuo, Ogata, Yoshiko, Tanimoto, Mitsune, Ueoka, Hiroshi   +9 more
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Extensively Drug-Resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis from Aspirates, Rural South Africa

Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2010
The yield from aspirating lymph nodes and pleural fluid for diagnosing extensively drug-resistant (XDR) tuberculosis is unknown. Mycobacterium tuberculosis was cultured from lymph node or pleural fluid aspirates of 21 patients; 7 (33%) cultures grew XDR ...
Scott K. Heysell, Anthony P. Moll, Neel R. Gandhi, François J. Eksteen, Palav Babaria, Yacoob Coovadia, Lynn Roux, Umesh Lalloo, Gerald Friedland, N. Sarita Shah   +9 more
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Performance of clinical prediction rules for diagnosis of pleural tuberculosis in a high-incidence setting [PDF]

, 2017
OBJECTIVES: Diagnosis of pleural tuberculosis (PT) is still a challenge, particularly in resource-constrained settings. Alternative diagnostic tools are needed.
Solari, Lely, Soto, Alonso, Van Der Stuyft, Patrick   +2 more
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Deteksi Mycobacterium Tuberculosis Dengan Teknik PCR Pada Cairan Efusi Pleura Penderita Tuberkulosis Paru [PDF]

, 2007
Tuberculosis pleural effusion is a manifestation of  extrapulmonal tuberculosis, which is rampant in various countries in  the world, including Indonesia. Nowadays one-third of the world population has been infected by tuberculosis.
Jasaputra, D. K. (Diana), Makangiras, I. (Iryanthy), Wargasetia, T. L. (Teresa), Widjaja, J. T. (Jahja)   +3 more
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