The tuberculous pleural effusion
Pleural tuberculosis (TB) is a common entity with similar epidemiological characteristics to pulmonary TB. It represents a spectrum of disease that can variably self-resolve or progress to TB empyema with severe sequelae such as chronic fibrothorax or empyema necessitans. Coexistence of and progress...
Main Authors: | Emma McNally, Clare Ross, Laura E. Gleeson |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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European Respiratory Society
2023-12-01
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Series: | Breathe |
Online Access: | http://breathe.ersjournals.com/content/19/4/230143.full |
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