Progression of Tuberculous Pleurisy: From a Lymphocyte-Predominant Free-Flowing Effusion to a Neutrophil-Predominant Loculated Effusion
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Progression of Tuberculous Pleurisy: From a Lymphocyte-Predominant Free-Flowing Effusion to a Neutrophil-Predominant Loculated Effusion
cases were reported in 2015, which accounted for 9.6% of the 32,181 new TB cases and 46.6% of the 6,631 extrapulmonary TB cases (Table 1). Tuberculous pleurisy is the most common form of extrapulmonary tuberculosis (TB) and is the main cause of pleural effusion in Korea. In Korea, 3,089 new tuberculous pleurisy Progression of Tuberculous Pleurisy: From a Lymphocyte-Predominant Free-Flowing Effu...
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عنوان ژورنال: Tuberculosis and Respiratory Diseases
سال: 2017
ISSN: 1738-3536,2005-6184
DOI: 10.4046/trd.2017.80.1.90