Clinical and Laboratory Differences between Lymphocyte- and Neutrophil-Predominant Pleural Tuberculosis

Pleural tuberculosis (TB), a form of extrapulmonary TB, can be difficult to diagnose. High numbers of lymphocytes in pleural fluid have been considered part of the diagnostic criteria for pleural TB; however, in many cases, neutrophils rather than lymphocytes are the predominant cell type in pleural...

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Veröffentlicht in:	PloS one 2016-10, Vol.11 (10), p.e0165428-e0165428
Hauptverfasser:	Choi, Hayoung, Chon, Hae Ri, Kim, Kang, Kim, Sukyeon, Oh, Ki-Jong, Jeong, Suk Hyeon, Jung, Woo Jin, Shin, Beomsu, Jhun, Byung Woo, Lee, Hyun, Park, Hye Yun, Koh, Won-Jung
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Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Adenosine Adult Aged Aged, 80 and over Bacilli Biology and Life Sciences Biopsy C-reactive protein Cavitation Cell culture Critical care Diagnostic systems Female Humans Inflammation Inflammatory response Laboratories Leukocytes Leukocytes (neutrophilic) Lymphocytes Lymphocytes - cytology Male Medical diagnosis Medicine Medicine and Health Sciences Middle Aged Mycobacterium tuberculosis Neutrophils Neutrophils - cytology Patients Pleural Cavity - microbiology Pleural fluid Polymerase chain reaction Signs and symptoms Sputum Sputum - microbiology Tuberculosis Tuberculosis, Pleural - diagnosis Tuberculosis, Pleural - immunology White blood cell count
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