Pleural tuberculosis
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[Pleural tuberculosis].
Tuberculous pleural effusions occur in up to 30% of patients with tuberculosis. It appears that the percentage of patients with pleural effusion is comparable in human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-positive and HIV-negative individuals, although there is some evidence that HIV-positive patients with CD4+ counts <200 cells x mL(-1) are less likely to have a tuberculous pleural effusion. There has...
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عنوان ژورنال: Baylor University Medical Center Proceedings
سال: 2019
ISSN: 0899-8280,1525-3252
DOI: 10.1080/08998280.2019.1646599