Abstract | BACKGROUND: INVESTIGATIONS: Physical examination, chest X-ray, transthoracic ultrasonography, pleural tap and drainage, bacterial and cytological analyses of pleural fluid, bronchoscopy, microscopy and bacteriological culture of pleural exudates and bronchoalveolar lavage fluid, thoracic CT, thoracoscopy, histopathology of pleural biopsy, tuberculin skin test, nucleic acid amplification of mycobacterial RNA and DNA in the pleural fluid specimens and the parietal pleural biopsy, microscopy of sputum samples, ESAT-6-specific and CFP-10-specific interferon-gamma enzyme-linked immunospot assay on peripheral blood and pleural exudate mononuclear cells. DIAGNOSIS: MANAGEMENT:
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Authors | Christoph Lange, Bernhard Hellmich, Martin Ernst, Stefan Ehlers |
Journal | Nature clinical practice. Rheumatology
(Nat Clin Pract Rheumatol)
Vol. 3
Issue 9
Pg. 528-34
(Sep 2007)
ISSN: 1745-8382 [Print] United States |
PMID | 17762852
(Publication Type: Case Reports, Journal Article)
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Chemical References |
- Anti-Inflammatory Agents
- Antibodies, Monoclonal
- Antibodies, Monoclonal, Humanized
- Interferon-gamma
- Adalimumab
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Topics |
- Adalimumab
- Anti-Inflammatory Agents
(adverse effects)
- Antibodies, Monoclonal
(adverse effects)
- Antibodies, Monoclonal, Humanized
- Arthralgia
(complications)
- Crohn Disease
(complications)
- Female
- Humans
- Immunoenzyme Techniques
- Interferon-gamma
(analysis)
- Middle Aged
- T-Lymphocytes
(metabolism)
- Tuberculosis, Pleural
(chemically induced, diagnosis)
- Tuberculosis, Pulmonary
(chemically induced, diagnosis)
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