Correlation Between Pleural Fluid GenXpert® and Histopathology Finding of Pleural Biopsy in Tuberculous Pleural Effusion
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Tuberculous pleural effusion.
Tuberculous pleural effusion occurs in approximately 5% of patients with Mycobacterium tuberculosis (TB) infection1 and accounts for 4% of all TB cases in the United States.2 Diagnosis is challenging, with 48–96% of tuberculous pleural effusions negative by sputum acid-fast bacilli (AFB) stain and culture. Thoracentesis is frequently performed and shows an exudative, lymphocytic pleural effusio...
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عنوان ژورنال: Jurnal Respirologi Indonesia
سال: 2020
ISSN: 2620-3162,0853-7704
DOI: 10.36497/jri.v38i1.133