The Clinical Experience of Mycobacterial Culture Yield of Pleural Tissue by Pleuroscopic Pleural Biopsy among Tuberculous Pleurisy Patients

The Clinical Experience of Mycobacterial Culture Yield of Pleural Tissue by Pleuroscopic Pleural Biopsy among Tuberculous Pleurisy Patients

<i>Background and Objectives:</i> Tuberculous pleurisy is a common extrapulmonary TB that poses a health threat. However, diagnosis of TB pleurisy is challenging because of the low positivity rate of pleural effusion mycobacterial culture and difficulty in retrieval of optimal pleural ti...

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Main Authors: Chung-Shu Lee, Li-Chung Chiu, Chih-Hao Chang, Fu-Tsai Chung, Shih-Hong Li, Chun-Liang Chou, Chih-Wei Wang, Shu-Min Lin
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2022-09-01
Series:Medicina
Subjects:
tuberculosis
pleuroscope
mycobacterial culture
Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/1648-9144/58/9/1280

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