Diagnostic Accuracy of Adenosine Deaminase and Lymphocyte Proportion in Pleural Fluid for Tuberculous Pleurisy in Different Prevalence Scenarios

BACKGROUND: Tuberculous pleural effusion (TPE) is a paucibacillary manifestation of tuberculosis, so isolation of Mycobacterium tuberculosis is difficult, biomarkers being an alternative for diagnosis. Adenosine deaminase (ADA) is the most cost-effective pleural fluid marker and is routinely used in...

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Autores principales: Garcia-Zamalloa, Alberto, Taboada-Gomez, Jorge
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2012
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3377686/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22723878
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0038729

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3377686/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22723878
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0038729

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