Pleural tuberculosis: medical thoracoscopy greatly increases the diagnostic accuracy

Pleural tuberculosis: medical thoracoscopy greatly increases the diagnostic accuracy

Our objective was to evaluate the efficacy of a standardised work-up in the diagnosis of pleural tuberculosis (TB) that included fibreoptic bronchoscopy and medical thoracoscopy. A consecutive series of 52 pleural TB patients observed during the period 2001–2015 was evaluated retrospectively. 20 fem...

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Main Authors: Angelo Gianni Casalini, Pier Anselmo Mori, Maria Majori, Miriam Anghinolfi, Enrico Maria Silini, Letizia Gnetti, Federica Motta, Sandra Larini, Sara Montecchini, Roberta Pisi, Adriana Calderaro
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: European Respiratory Society 2018-01-01
Series:ERJ Open Research
Online Access:http://openres.ersjournals.com/content/4/1/00046-2017.full

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