Chapter-13 Tuberculous Pleural Effusion
BOOK TITLE: Pulmonary & Critical Care Medicine: Tuberculosis
Author
1. Batra Hitesh
2. Antony Veena B
ISBN
9789351525448
DOI
10.5005/jp/books/12370_13
Edition
1/e
Publishing Year
2014
Pages
18
Author Affiliations
1.
University of Alabama, Birmingham, Alabama, USA
2.
University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama, USA
Chapter keywords
tuberculous pleural effusion,
TPE,
extrapulmonary tuberculosis,
mycobacteria,
mycobacterial antigens,
acute febrile illness,
pleuritic chest pain,
interferon-gamma concentration,
lysozyme concentration,
interleukin-27,
biopsy,
thoracoscopy,
chronic tuberculous empyema