Highly accurate diagnosis of pleural tuberculosis by immunological analysis of the pleural effusion.

Highly accurate diagnosis of pleural tuberculosis by immunological analysis of the pleural effusion.

Pleural TB is notoriously difficult to diagnose due to its paucibacillary nature yet it is the most common cause of pleural effusions in TB endemic countries such as The Gambia. We identified both cellular and soluble biomarkers in the pleural fluid that allowed highly accurate diagnosis of pleural...

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Main Authors: Jayne S Sutherland, Danlani Garba, Augustin E Fombah, Awa Mendy-Gomez, Francis S Mendy, Martin Antonio, John Townend, Readon C Ideh, Tumani Corrah, Martin O C Ota
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2012-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3266242?pdf=render

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