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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Autores principales: Chung-Shu Lee, Li-Chung Chiu, Chih-Hao Chang, Fu-Tsai Chung, Shih-Hong Li, Chun-Liang Chou, Chih-Wei Wang, Shu-Min Lin
Formato: Artículo
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: MDPI AG 2022-09-01
Colección:Medicina
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Acceso en línea:https://www.mdpi.com/1648-9144/58/9/1280