BACKGROUND Corticosteroids used in addition to antituberculous therapy have been reported to benefit people with tuberculous pleurisy. However, research findings are inconsistent and raise doubt as to whether such treatment is worthwhile. There is also concern regarding the potential adverse effects of corticosteroids, especially in HIV-positive people. OBJECTIVES To evaluate the effects of a...

1 Valdes L, Sanjose E, Alvarez D, Sarandeses A, Pose A, Chomon B, et al. Diagnosis of tuberculous pleurisy using the biologic parameters adenosine deaminase, lysozyme, and interferon gamma. Chest 1993; 103:458-65 2 Piras MA, Gakis C, Budroni M, Andreoni C. Adenosine deaminase activity in pleural effusions: an aid to differential diagnosis. Br Med J 1978; ii:1751-52 3 Van Keimpema AR, Slaats EH,...

Objective: Observe and analyze the clinical significance of differences in expression levels sCD163, haptoglobin cytokines. Methods: 120 patients with tuberculous pleural effusion diagnosed our hospital from January 2019 to December 2021 were randomly selected as experimental group. On other hand, 40 non-tuberculous admitted same period control The cytokines observed analyzed. Results: sCD163 (...

The rise in adenosine deaminase (ADA) activity in the pleural fluid of tuberculous pleurisy patients, though used for diagnosis, is of unknown origin. In this work, we determined ADA activity and the activities of 2'-deoxyadenosine deaminase and ADA-2 in 350 patients. We also considered whether the results throw light on the origin of high pleural fluid ADA in tuberculous pleurisy and estimated...

Duksal et al.: Neopterin level in tuberculous pleurisy 65 This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Common Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author(s) and source are credited. This article may be cited as: Duksal F, Döngel İ, Duksal F, Hazar A. Place of neopterin level in the ...

1 Valdes L, Sanjose E, Alvarez D, Sarandeses A, Pose A, Chomon B, et al. Diagnosis of tuberculous pleurisy using the biologic parameters adenosine deaminase, lysozyme, and interferon gamma. Chest 1993; 103:458-65 2 Piras MA, Gakis C, Budroni M, Andreoni C. Adenosine deaminase activity in pleural effusions: an aid to differential diagnosis. Br Med J 1978; ii:1751-52 3 Van Keimpema AR, Slaats EH,...

Traditionally, Mycobacterium tuberculosis or granulomas have to be evidenced in the pleural cavity in order to establish a diagnosis of tuberculous pleuritis. In recent years, adenosine deaminase has aided tremendously in the diagnosis of tuberculous pleural effusion, often obviating the need for microbiologic or histologic verification of the diagnosis. However, the fact that the sensitivity o...

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...

OBJECTIVE We directly examined the thoracic cavity by thoracoscopy under local anesthesia, performed pleural biopsy, and made a definitive pathological diagnosis in tuberculous pleurisy. SUBJECTS AND METHODS We performed a retrospective study of 32 patients who had been bacteriologically and pathologically diagnosed with tuberculous pleurisy by thoracoscopy under local anesthesia in our hospi...