Pleural Fluid Adenosine Deaminase (Pfada) in the Diagnosis of Tuberculous Effusions in a Low Incidence Population

INTRODUCTION: Previous studies have assessed the diagnostic ability of pleural fluid adenosine deaminase (pfADA) in detecting tuberculous pleural effusions, with good specificity and sensitivity reported. However, in North Western Europe pfADA is not routinely used in the investigation of a patient...

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Published in:PLoS One
Main Authors: Arnold, David T., Bhatnagar, Rahul, Fairbanks, Lynette D., Zahan-Evans, Natalie, Clive, Amelia O., Morley, Anna J., Medford, Andrew R. L., Maskell, Nicholas A.
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: Public Library of Science 2015
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Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4315514/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25647479
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0113047
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