According to the literature, exudative pleurisy and pericarditis are considered rare complications of new coronavirus infection. This estimation can be explained by fact that statistical studies cover mainly hospital treatment this disease. The true frequency these their consequences not fully understood. Aim. study late infection in form pericarditis. Conclusion. In our case, a 62-year-old pat...

Tuberculous pleuritis (TP) is one of the most common extra-pulmonary tuberculosis form. Because tuberculous pleurisy hard to diagnose due slow course disease and lack specificity in symptoms diagnostic methods. In that reason, we need multidisciplinary approach efficient biomarkers. Acid-fast bacilli (AFB) staining, cultures pathophysiological biopsy finding from majority patients are positive ...

OBJECTIVE To investigate the incidence, clinical features, and treatment of tuberculous pleurisy in AIDS patients. METHODS We reviewed all cases of pleural tuberculosis in AIDS patients in South Carolina from 1988 through 1994. Clinical findings, test results, treatment, and outcome were analyzed. MAIN RESULTS Twenty-two (11%) of the 202 AIDS patients with tuberculosis had pleural involveme...

RATIONALE Inflammatory bowel diseases (IBD), including ulcerative colitis (UC) and Crohn's disease, are associated with a large number of extraintestinal manifestations. Pulmonary manifestations are infrequently seen in patients with IBD. Moreover, serositis including pleural and pericardial manifestations in UC is rare. PATIENT CONCERNS We report a case of UC with acute pleurisy in a 43-year...

Examination of the lungs of adult sheep with chronic respiratory diseases was readily achieved using both 5 MHz linear and sector scanners. Superficial lung abscesses in eight sheep appeared as anechoic areas containing multiple hyperechoic dots bordered distally by a broad hyperechoic capsule. Unilateral fibrinous pleurisy (2 sheep) appeared as an anechoic area containing a hyperechoic lattice...

The role of early effective drainage in loculated tuberculous (TB) pleurisy treatment remains unclear. Consecutive patients with TB pleurisy subjected to anti-TB treatment and pigtail drainage (n = 64) were divided into three groups: 1) patients with free-flowing effusions irrigated with saline (free-flowing group; n = 20); 2) patients with loculated effusions irrigated with streptokinase (stre...