Pleural Tuberculosis

11/08/2023 - "The biomarkers and ratios demonstrated strong diagnostic performance, and the utilization of multiple indicators for joint diagnosis can improve the diagnostic efficacy of tuberculous pleurisy."
07/01/2010 - "Future research needs include validating the available diagnostic tests in larger randomized studies, finding newer specific biomarkers that are simple, accurate and cost-effective for the developing world and determining treatment regimens specific for tuberculous pleurisy."
12/01/2008 - "Several biological markers have been proposed to improve the efficacy of diagnosing tuberculous pleurisy. "
11/01/2022 - "Pleural fluid biomarkers contribute to the diagnosis of pleural tuberculosis in children and adolescents."
09/01/2022 - "Economic evaluation of microbiological and host biomarker-based tests for the diagnosis of pleural tuberculosis in a high burden setting."

02/01/2009 - "The ELISPOT assay for interferon-gamma can accurately diagnose tuberculous pleurisy and is helpful for patients not suitable for pleural biopsy and those whose biopsy results are non-diagnostic."
04/01/2022 - "There have been few studies to verify factors associated with a false-negative interferon-gamma release assay (IGRA) in patients with tuberculous pleurisy. "
11/01/2021 - "The value of single or combined use of pleural fluid interferon gamma release assay in the diagnosis of tuberculous pleurisy."
11/01/2020 - "OBJECTIVE: To establish the diagnostic nomogram for tuberculous pleurisy (TP) based on TB-interferon-gamma release assays (TB-IGRA), as well as clinical and peripheral blood characteristics.MATERIAL AND METHODS: Patients who underwent TB-IGRA tests during hospitalisation and were finally diagnosed, were retrospectively and continuously enrolled. "
10/01/2020 - "Diagnostic utility of pleural fluid T-SPOT and interferon-gamma for tuberculous pleurisy: A two-center prospective cohort study in China."

01/01/2003 - "Adenosine deaminase (ADA) activity has been helpful for the diagnosis of tuberculous pleurisy. "
01/01/2021 - "Diagnostic accuracy of adenosine deaminase for pleural tuberculosis in a low prevalence setting: A machine learning approach within a 7-year prospective multi-center study."
01/01/2019 - "The aim of this study was to evaluate the usefulness of an adenosine deaminase assay and real-time polymerase chain reaction (qPCR) in diagnosing pleural tuberculosis. "
05/01/2008 - "Many studies have investigated the usefulness of adenosine deaminase (ADA) in pleural fluid for the early diagnosis of tuberculous pleurisy. "
04/01/2008 - "Despite the differences found among studies, it is possible to conclude that the determination of adenosine deaminase levels has high accuracy in the diagnosis of the pleural tuberculosis and should be used as a routine test in its investigation."

01/01/2012 - "Tuberculous pleurisy (TBP) is a frequent extrapulmonary manifestation characterized by the accumulation of inflammatory cells that can sometimes be spontaneously self-cured. "
05/20/2022 - "The aim of this study was to evaluate the diagnostic accuracy of Xpert MTB/RIF Ultra (Xpert Ultra) and Xpert MTB/RIF (Xpert) for the diagnosis of tuberculous pleurisy (TBP) head-to-head using meta-analysis method. "
05/01/2014 - "In the present study, we found that without any stimulation, CD8(+) T cells in pleural fluid cells (PFCs) expressed significantly higher levels of CD69 than PBMCs from patients with tuberculous pleurisy (TBP). "
01/01/2011 - "tuberculosis (MTB) and for the spontaneous resolution of patients with tuberculous pleurisy (TBP). "
01/01/2019 - "Ultimately, 100 tuberculous pleurisy (TBP) patients and 105 non-tuberculous pleurisy (non-TBP) patients with pleural effusion were investigated in the current study. "

12/28/1996 - "Patients presenting with unclear effusion should undergo extensive investigations, including a tuberculin test, and anergy panel, pleural fluid cultures, and pleural biopsy with cultures for microorganisms, with the object of establishing or ruling out pleural tuberculosis."
09/01/1990 - "Compartmentalization of PPD-reactive T cells in the pleural fluid and immunosuppression by T cells and/or macrophages in the peripheral blood were responsible for this immunological difference observed between the lymphocytes in pleural fluid and those in peripheral blood of tuberculous pleurisy. "
09/01/1990 - "In tuberculous pleurisy, T cells in pleural fluid respond remarkably in vitro to PPD tuberculin whereas T cells in peripheral blood responded poorly to PPD stimulation. "
09/01/1987 - "These data suggest that early skin anergy in tuberculous pleurisy may be associated with sequestration of PPD-reactive T-lymphocytes in the pleural spaces involving both Leu-2-and Leu-3-positive T-cells."
06/01/1986 - "Therefore, effusion lymphocyte responsiveness to tuberculin does not prove the presence of tuberculous pleurisy but does indicate sensitisation to tuberculin."

10/01/2020 - "This unbiased proteomics approach not only provided unique insights into protein expression and pathways, but also discovered potential diagnostic markers for tuberculous pleurisy."
10/01/2020 - "Biopsy tissues from patients with tuberculous pleurisy and controls were taken through thoracoscopy, and proteins were extracted for Tandem Mass Tag Mass Spectrometry. "
10/01/2020 - "Protein expression shift and potential diagnostic markers through proteomics profiling of tuberculous pleurisy biopsy tissues."
06/01/2013 - "The feature of ESAT-6/CFP-10 fusion protein-specific Th1 and Th2 response in tuberculous pleurisy was a mixed reaction of Th1 and Th2 with Th1 predominance. "
08/01/1988 - "Purified protein derivative induced cytotoxicity in carcinomatous and tuberculous pleurisy."

01/01/2014 - "Thus, Th17 and Treg cells and related cytokines may be important immunopathogenesis for tuberculous pleurisy."
01/01/2014 - "Th17 and Treg cells may be involved in the immune pathological mechanism of tuberculous pleurisy and changes of related cytokines may be involved in the differentiation of Th17 and Treg cells and inflammatory response. "
01/01/2011 - "These cells were treated in vitro with various cytokines, which were produced in the effluents of tuberculous pleurisy. "
10/01/2010 - "To evaluate cytokine production and expression of γδ T cells within pleural fluid cells (PFCs) from patients with tuberculous pleurisy following bacille calmette guerin (BCG) stimulation. "
10/01/2010 - "[Cytokine production and clonal analysis of memory γδ T cells from patients with tuberculous pleurisy induced by bacille calmette guerin]."

04/01/2023 - "The purpose of this study was to evaluate the dermal permeability of rifampicin (RIF) in patients with tuberculous pleurisy assisted by EP and to verify the clinical application of this percutaneous drug delivery system in the treatment of tuberculous pleurisy, verify the system's influencing factors, and determine whether plasma drug concentration was increased. "
03/01/2015 - "She had been taking rifampicin for 4 weeks due to pleural tuberculosis. "
04/01/2023 - "EP can effectively increase the concentration of rifampicin in the pleural effusion of tuberculous pleurisy and has no effect on the circulating plasma concentration. "
04/01/2023 - "Drug transdermal delivery by electrophonophoresis can increase the concentration of rifampicin in the pleural effusion of patients with tuberculous pleurisy but has no effect on the concentration of rifampicin in plasma."
11/12/2018 - "Conclusions: By applying rifampicin into pleural cavity through EP treatment with penetration of the chest wall, the concentration of rifampicin in pleural effusion of patients with tuberculous pleurisy could be increased. "

01/01/2010 - "Our study compares nine DNA extraction systems in an experimental model of pleural tuberculosis. "
01/01/2010 - "Molecular methods have been reported to have different sensitivities in the diagnosis of pleural tuberculosis and this may in part be caused by the use of different methods of DNA extraction. "
01/01/2010 - "Comparison of methods of DNA extraction for real-time PCR in a model of pleural tuberculosis."
04/01/1997 - "Detection of mycobacterial deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) by the polymerase chain reaction is an interesting test, but its usefulness in the diagnosis of tuberculous pleurisy needs further confirmation. "
04/01/1992 - "Detection of mycobacterial DNA in pleural fluid from patients with tuberculous pleurisy by means of the polymerase chain reaction: comparison of two protocols."

01/01/2021 - "Pleural fluid tumor necrosis factor for diagnosis of pleural tuberculosis: A systematic review and meta-analysis."
07/01/2015 - "Here we product a meta-analysis for the available evidence on the ability of tumor necrosis factor-α (TNF-α) in pleural fluid to serve as a diagnostic marker of tuberculous pleurisy (TP). "
07/01/2015 - "Diagnostic accuracy of pleural fluid tumor necrosis factor-α in tuberculous pleurisy: A meta-analysis."
10/01/2002 - "TNF-alpha level was significantly higher in tuberculous pleurisy than in other groups. "
10/01/1996 - "[Tumor necrosis factor alpha in pleural fluid in patients with pleural tuberculosis. "

02/01/2021 - "Intrapleural fibrinolysis therapy improved infected fluid drainage and septic parameter in parapneumonic effusions; however, there seems to be little data on its use in tuberculous pleurisy. "
11/01/1991 - "From this study we conclude that approximately 50 percent of patients with pleural tuberculosis will have residual pleural thickening when their therapy is completed, but that one cannot predict which patients will have residual pleural thickening from either their clinical characteristics or their pleural fluid findings."
11/16/2023 - "Later on, the patient was diagnosed with pleural tuberculosis via GeneXpert testing and subsequently initiated on anti-bacterial therapy.This"
01/01/2021 - "Improving the understanding of the molecular mechanism of tuberculous pleurisy is required to develop diagnosis and new therapy strategies of targeted genes. "
01/01/2016 - "Paradoxical Deterioration During Anti-Tuberculous Therapy in Non-HIV-Infected Patients with Pleural Tuberculosis: A Pragmatic Approach."

11/01/1999 - "Residual pleural thickening was measured and defined as a pleural thickness of >/= 10 mm found on chest radiographs at the completion of anti-TB chemotherapy in tuberculous pleurisy patients. "
05/01/1994 - "We have investigated on the clinical features of pleural nodular lesions which have appeared during chemotherapy of tuberculous pleurisy. "
02/01/1991 - "[Three cases of localized pleural tuberculosis which looked exacerbated during antituberculous chemotherapy]."
09/01/1989 - "[Mycobacterium tuberculosis L forms in patients with pulmonary and pleural tuberculosis during antibacterial chemotherapy]."
05/01/1989 - "[A case of localized pleural tuberculosis exacerbated during antituberculous chemotherapy]."

07/01/2019 - "Central venous catheter based closed thoracic drainage is more effective than conventional thoracic puncture and drainage in the treatment of tuberculous pleurisy. "
07/01/2013 - "Continuous thoracic close drainage using central venous catheter is superior to repeated thoracocentesis in the treatment of tuberculous pleurisy in children, and it holds promise for clinical application in pediatric patients."
07/01/2013 - "To study the clinical effect of continuous thoracic close drainage using central venous catheter instead of repeated thoracocentesis in the treatment of tuberculous pleurisy in children. "
07/01/2019 - "To explore the clinical effect of central venous catheter closed thoracic drainage in the treatment of tuberculous pleurisy. "
07/01/2013 - "[Application of continuous thoracic close drainage using central venous catheter in the treatment of tuberculous pleurisy in children]."

01/01/1996 - "Treating tuberculous pleurisy with effusion by artificial pneumothorax."
01/01/1996 - "Treatment of tuberculous pleurisy with effusion by artificial pneumothorax."
01/01/1957 - "Artificial pneumothorax in acute tuberculous pleurisy. "
01/01/1957 - "Artificial pneumothorax in acute tuberculous pleurisy. "
01/01/1957 - "Artificial pneumothorax in acute tuberculous pleurisy. "

01/01/2023 - "Thoracoscopy under local anaesthesia is effective for the diagnosis of tuberculous pleurisy (TP), mesothelioma and pleural metastases of lung cancer, etc. It has recently been reported that cryobiopsy is useful for obtaining sufficient tissue, achieving a greater depth, and avoiding crush artefact than biopsy forceps. "