Article
Diagnostic utility of in vivo expressed mycobacterial RNA transcripts in pleural fluid for the differential diagnosis of tuberculous pleuritis
2024-01-11
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<h4>ABSTRACT</h4> <h4>Background</h4> Tuberculous pleuritis (TBP), the extra-pulmonary manifestation of tuberculosis, is the second most common after TB lymphadenitis. Histopathology using biopsy samples is the most sensitive diagnostic procedure for TBP, however the biopsy acquisition is invasive. Therefore, better screening markers for diagnosis using pleural fluid are required. The pathogen biomarkers expressed...
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- Literature Corpus work
- 562b4b2b-a4cc-5d40-8d77-0df1c57b4050
- DOI
- 10.1101/2024.01.09.24300747
