Utility of pleural fluid glucose measurement in TB pleural effusions.

C. Carter (London, United Kingdom), O. Kadwani (London, United Kingdom), J. Zhang (London, United Kingdom), S. Ghuman (London, United Kingdom), R. Breen (London, United Kingdom), L. Ahmed (London, United Kingdom)

Source: Virtual Congress 2020 – The young, the old and extrapulmonary tuberculosis
Session: The young, the old and extrapulmonary tuberculosis
Session type: E-poster session
Number: 1559
Disease area: Respiratory infections

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