The pleural fluid lactate dehydrogenase/adenosine deaminase ratio differentiates between tuberculous and parapneumonic pleural effusions

BACKGROUND: Although pleural fluid lactate dehydrogenase (LDH) and adenosine deaminase (ADA) levels are often used to distinguish between tuberculous pleural effusion (TPE) and parapneumonic pleural effusion (PPE), this can be challenging as the LDH level may vary from normal to severely increased i...

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Publicado en:BMC Pulm Med
Main Authors: Wang, Jinlin, Liu, Jun, Xie, Xiaohong, Shen, Panxiao, He, Jianxing, Zeng, Yunxiang
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Idioma:Inglês
Publicado: BioMed Central 2017
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Acceso en liña:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5715489/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29202740
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12890-017-0526-z
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