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Utility of Ascitic Fluid Adenosine Deaminase Levels in the Diagnosis of Tuberculous Peritonitis in General Medical Practice

BACKGROUND: Tuberculous peritonitis is difficult to diagnose due to its varying clinical features, in addition to the low yield on bacterial culture or polymerase chain reaction using ascitic fluid samples. This study aimed to investigate the sensitivity and specificity of elevated adenosine deamina...

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Autores principales: Kumabe, Ayako, Hatakeyama, Shuji, Kanda, Naoki, Yamamoto, Yu, Matsumura, Masami
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Hindawi 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7193293/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32377284
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2020/5792937