Diagnosis of Tubercular Pleural Effusion in a Tertiary Care Hospital of Western India: Role of Cartridge-based Nucleic Acid Amplification Test and other Laboratory Parameters
Introduction: Tubercular pleural effusion (TPE) is a paucibacillary disease, and mycobacterial culture positivity from pleural fluid samples is rare and time-consuming, leading to considerable delay in initiating antibiotic therapy. However, in high-burden settings, the diagnosis is presumed in indi...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications
2025-05-01
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| Series: | Journal of Marine Medical Society |
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| Online Access: | https://journals.lww.com/10.4103/jmms.jmms_89_24 |
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