Drug resistance in patients with tuberculous pleural effusions
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DOI: 10.1097/mcp.0000000000000483
Abstract: Purpose of review To summarize data regarding categories, detection methods, prevalence and patterns of drug resistance among patients with tuberculous pleural effusion (TPE) and to comment on the management of suspected drug-resistant TPE. Recent findings… read more here.
Keywords: drug resistance; tuberculous pleural; drug; drug resistant ... See more keywords
Tuberculous pleural effusion
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DOI: 10.1111/resp.13673
Abstract: Tuberculous effusion is a common disease entity with a spectrum of presentations from a largely benign effusion, which resolves completely, to a complicated effusion with loculations, pleural thickening and even frank empyema, all of which… read more here.
Keywords: tuberculous pleural; evidence; drug; pleural effusion ... See more keywords
P208 Tuberculous pleural disease is associated with a high rate of hospital admission
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DOI: 10.1136/thorax-2019-btsabstracts2019.351
Abstract: Purpose Tuberculous pleural disease accounts for a minority of TB disease in England and yet in 2018, of the 17 acute admissions for TB diagnosis to a major teaching hospital, 5 patients had pleural tuberculosis… read more here.
Keywords: tuberculous pleural; pleural culture; disease; hospital ... See more keywords
Diagnostic Value of Model-Based Iterative Algorithm in Tuberculous Pleural Effusion
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DOI: 10.1155/2022/7845767
Abstract: Although there are several diagnostic modalities for tuberculous pleurisy, there is still a lack of easy, cost-effective, and rapid methods for confirming the diagnosis. In order to facilitate clinicians to diagnose patients with tuberculous pleurisy… read more here.
Keywords: pleural effusion; model; effusion; tuberculous pleural ... See more keywords
Formation of Foamy Macrophages by Tuberculous Pleural Effusions Is Triggered by the Interleukin-10/Signal Transducer and Activator of Transcription 3 Axis through ACAT Upregulation
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DOI: 10.3389/fimmu.2018.00459
Abstract: The ability of Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb) to persist in its human host relies on numerous immune evasion strategies, such as the deregulation of the lipid metabolism leading to the formation of foamy macrophages (FM). Yet,… read more here.
Keywords: tuberculous pleural; transcription; mtb; formation ... See more keywords
Clinical and pathological differences between polymorphonuclear-rich and lymphocyte-rich tuberculous pleural effusion
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DOI: 10.4103/atm.atm_15_20
Abstract: OBJECTIVE: Analysis of the occurrence factors and disease characteristics of tuberculous (TB) pleural effusion (TPE) dominated by neutrophils. METHODS: We retrospectively analyzed the clinical data of 304 patients with two types of TB pleurisy. The… read more here.
Keywords: predominant tpe; lymphocyte predominant; tuberculous pleural; tpe ... See more keywords
Elevated Adenosine Dehydrogenase (ADH) and Positive Tuberculin Test Firstly Misdiagnosed as Tuberculous Pleural Effusion Finally Proved as Pleural Mesothelial Sarcoma by Thoracoscopic Biopsy Pathology: a Case Report and Literature Review.
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DOI: 10.7754/clin.lab.2019.190323
Abstract: BACKGROUND In China, tuberculous pleural effusion is the most common cause for pleural effusion. Elevated ADH and positive tuberculin test usually are characteristic of tuberculous pleural effusion. We reported a 71-year-old male patient with elevated… read more here.
Keywords: pathology; test; tuberculous pleural; pleural effusion ... See more keywords