Since that time DeFrancis, Klosk and Albano 2 have reported 2 cases of tuberculous pleural effusion diagnosed by Vim–Silverman needle biopsy. This was done when free pleural fluid existed.

As far as tuberculosis is concerned, this practice appears to be justified by the fact that idiopathic pleural effusion is often followed by clinically evident pulmonary tuberculosis within months ...

After The Times published an interview with John Green about his new book on tuberculosis, many readers wrote to share their ...

Pediatr Infect Dis J. 2007;26(2):189-190. A 5-month-old boy was transferred to our tertiary care center from a community hospital for workup of a unilateral pleural effusion. He had a history of ...

A third case has been described of an Italian patient with leukemia who, in the course of TB, developed a large exudative pleural effusion. The T.Spot-TB was strongly positive when performed on ...

Mediastinal or hilar lym phadenopathy occurs in up to 10% of cases; pleural effusions, up to 25%. Computed tomography is superior to radiography in the diagnosis of tracheobronchial tuberculosis. CT ...

Lymph Node TB; pleural effusion (unilateral) Bone (excluding joints) Peripheral joints; Patients with TB are broadly divided into two categories, and treatment is standardized for each particular ...

Extra pulmonary TB was the predominant form diagnosed (84.8%) and among these patients TB pleural effusion (32.1%) was the most common followed by CNS TB (17.9%).

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