Performance of the quantification of adenosine deaminase and determination of the lactate dehydrogenase/adenosine deaminase ratio for the diagnosis of pleural tuberculosis in children and adolescents

OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the accuracy of determining the adenosine deaminase (ADA) level, the 2’-deoxyadenosine/ADA ratio, and the LDH/ADA ratio in pleural fluid for the diagnosis of pleural tuberculosis (PT) in children and adolescents. METHODS: This was a retrospective cross-sectional study conducte...

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Autores principales: Vieira, Julia Lima, Foschiera, Luiza, Ferreira, Isabel Cristina Schutz, Chakr, Valentina Coutinho Baldoto Gava
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Sociedade Brasileira de Pneumologia e Tisiologia 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8332842/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34008761
http://dx.doi.org/10.36416/1806-3756/e20200558

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