Long-lasting tuberculous pleurisy

Long-lasting tuberculous pleurisy

We read with great interest the paper by Petruccioli et al. [1] where the authors describe new prognostic tests and different approaches that can predict the progression from latent to active tuberculosis (TB). We have taken the opportunity to comment on this paper to describe a recent case of recur...

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Veröffentlicht in:The European respiratory journal 2017-05, Vol.49 (5), p.1602472-1602472
Hauptverfasser: Ampollini, Luca, Bobbio, Antonio, Ventura, Luigi, Schianchi, Claudia, Carbognani, Paolo, Rusca, Michele
Format: Artikel
Sprache:eng
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Humans
Mycobacterium
Pleural Effusion
Pleurisy
Recurrent infection
Tuberculosis
Tuberculosis, Pleural
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Zusammenfassung:We read with great interest the paper by Petruccioli et al. [1] where the authors describe new prognostic tests and different approaches that can predict the progression from latent to active tuberculosis (TB). We have taken the opportunity to comment on this paper to describe a recent case of recurrent tuberculous infection in a patient with a long-lasting history of tuberculous pleurisy and secondary residual pleural thickening.
ISSN:0903-1936
1399-3003
DOI:10.1183/13993003.02472-2016