BACKGROUND Interferon-γ (IFN-γ) plays a crucial role in Mycobacterium tuberculosis induced pleural responses. Interleukin (IL)-33 up-regulates the production of IFN-γ. We aimed to identify whether an association between pleural IL-33 levels and tuberculous pleurisy exists and determine its diagnostic value. METHODS Pleural IL-33, ST2 (a receptor of IL-33), adenosine deaminase (ADA), and IFN-γ...

Mixed bacterial infections are responsible for many puzzling groups of symptoms. The difficulties of diagnosis are increased because at one time there is a summation of effects, and at another the secondary results are more or less overshadowed by the predominant organisms. To take the case of tuberculous infections : the exudative pneumonia which occurs is generally the result of a secondary i...

Tuberculosis is a global health problem whose morbidity and mortality is increasing, as one-third of the world population is estimated to be infected with Mycobacterium tuberculosis and eight million new active cases occur annually commonest being pulmonary tuberculosis and is often associated with effusion. Delay in diagnosis and treatment results in poor prognosis. Adenosine deaminase estimat...

Pleural fluid interferon-γ and tumour necrosis factor-α in tuberculous and rheumatoid pleurisy. T. Söderblom, P. Nyberg, A.-M. Teppo, M. Klockars, H. Riska, T. Pettersson. ©ERS Journals Ltd 1996. ABSTRACT: Tuberculous and rheumatoid pleural effusions show features suggesting a strong local cellular immune response. Pleural fluid (Pf) from patients with tuberculosis, rheumatoid arthritis (RA) an...

Minithoracoscopy, currently defined as thoracoscopy with instruments of a diameter between 2 and 5 mm, is part of the general evolution of endoscopy towards mini-invasiveness. Its most relevant indications in the field of medical thoracoscopy are small effusions, pleural effusions in patients with narrow intercostal spaces and suspected tuberculous pleurisy in areas of low incidence of tubercul...

INTRODUCTION Pseudomonas luteola is an uncommon opportunistic pathogen. It is recognized as an uncommon cause of infections in underlying medical disorders. Infections caused by this microorganism are health care associated. CASE PRESENTATION The current study isolated P. luteola from empyema in a patient with tuberculous pleurisy, whose susceptibility to trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole differe...

The effect of dihydrostreptomycin in pleurisy with effusion was studied in the following five cases. The diagnosis of effusion was established in every case by paracentesis thoracis. Presence of lymphocytosis, absence of any organism as evidenced by microscopic examination, and the fluid turning out sterile on culture led to the conclusion that the condition was due to a tuberculous focus in th...

The OBJECTIVE was to promote the official introduction into clinical practice of term «fibrinothorax» as a separate nosological unit and special form exudative pleurisy. This reflects essence timing pathological process in pleural cavity defines specific set necessary therapeutic diagnostic measures. METHODS AND MATHERIALS . 67 patients with fibrinothorax different volumes were examined treated...