The Optimal Number of Pleural Biopsy Specimens for a Diagnosis of Tuberculous Pleurisy

To determine the optimal number of pleural biopsy (PLBX) specimens for a diagnosis of tuberculous pleurisy. Retrospective review. County hospital. We reviewed all percutaneous needle biopsy specimens of the parietal pleura in 30 patients who had tuberculous pleurisy. Data are reported as mean±SEM an...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Chest 1997-09, Vol.112 (3), p.702-706
Hauptverfasser:	Kirsch, Carl M., Jensen, William A., Kagawa, Frank T., Wehner, John H., Kroe, D. Mark, Azzi, Raymond L.
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Adult Aged Bacterial diseases Biological and medical sciences Biopsy Biopsy, Needle - statistics & numerical data California - epidemiology Female Histology Human bacterial diseases Humans Infectious diseases Male Medical sciences Middle Aged Mycobacterium tuberculosis - isolation & purification Patients Pleura - microbiology Pleura - pathology pleural biopsy Pleural Effusion - microbiology Pleural Effusion - pathology pleural tuberculosis Prospective Studies Retrospective Studies Sensitivity and Specificity Sputum - cytology Sputum - microbiology Tuberculin Test Tuberculoma - microbiology Tuberculoma - pathology Tuberculosis Tuberculosis and atypical mycobacterial infections Tuberculosis, Pleural - diagnosis Tuberculosis, Pleural - microbiology Tuberculosis, Pleural - pathology tuberculous pleurisy
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Zusammenfassung:	To determine the optimal number of pleural biopsy (PLBX) specimens for a diagnosis of tuberculous pleurisy. Retrospective review. County hospital. We reviewed all percutaneous needle biopsy specimens of the parietal pleura in 30 patients who had tuberculous pleurisy. Data are reported as mean±SEM and statistical comparisons are done with the Mann-Whitney test. We accepted p
ISSN:	0012-3692 1931-3543
DOI:	10.1378/chest.112.3.702