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Tuberculous Pleural Effusion in Children
Background and Aim: Pleural effusion is the second most common type of extra pulmonary tuberculosis with an incidence of 4.9%. This study aims to describe the age distribution, main clinical, laboratory and radiographic findings and outcome of patients with Tuberculous Pleural Effusion (TPE). Materials and Methods: This is a retrospective study of TPE patients admitted in pediatric ward of Masi...
full textTuberculous 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...
full textTuberculous Pleural Effusion
Tuberculosis (TB) has traditionally been one of the major causes of pleural disease and until the earlier decades of the past century held as a principal paradigm of “pleuritis”. Indeed in the presence of a distinctly exudative effusion and a compatible clinical presentation the widely used term “pleuritis exudativa” insinuated a tuberculous aetiology and has therefore been understood to be syn...
full textTuberculous Pleural Effusion.
When a patient presents with new pleural effusion, the diagnosis of tuberculous (TB) pleuritis should be considered. The patient is at risk for developing pulmonary or extrapulmonary TB if the diagnosis is not made. Between 3% and 25% of patients with TB will have TB pleuritis. The incidence of TB pleuritis is higher in patients who are human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-positive. Pleural fluid...
full textTuberculous Pleural Effusion
Pleural effusions are a common finding in emergency departments, with cytologic analysis traditionally required for definitive diagnosis. This article describes a classic sonographic appearance of tuberculous pleural effusion.
full textContralateral pleural effusion during chemotherapy for tuberculous pleural effusion.
A 25 year old woman developed a right pleural effusion 6 weeks after commencement of short course chemotherapy for left sided tuberculous pleural effusion. Since the patient improved following continuation of the same treatment, it is presumed to be a case of paradoxical response to anti-tuberculosis treatment.
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journal of comprehensive pediatricsجلد ۲۰۱۶، شماره ۱۱، صفحات ۱۵-۱۹
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