Pleural fluid and serum adenosine deaminase (ADA) activities reflects the severity of lung tuberculosis

A. D. Tahanovich, S. Alinejad Moallem (Minsk, Belarus)

Source: Annual Congress 2008 - Diagnosis of tuberculosis: problems and perspectives
Session: Diagnosis of tuberculosis: problems and perspectives
Session type: Thematic Poster Session
Number: 2378
Disease area: Respiratory infections

Congress or journal article abstract

Rating: 0
You must login to grade this presentation.

Share or cite this content

Citations should be made in the following way:
A. D. Tahanovich, S. Alinejad Moallem (Minsk, Belarus). Pleural fluid and serum adenosine deaminase (ADA) activities reflects the severity of lung tuberculosis. Eur Respir J 2008; 32: Suppl. 52, 2378

You must login to share this Presentation/Article on Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn or by email.

Member's Comments

No comment yet.
You must Login to comment this presentation.


Related content which might interest you:
Adenosine deaminase (ADA) in serum and pleural effusion
Source: Eur Respir J 2006; 28: Suppl. 50, 581s
Year: 2006

Relationship between age and pleural fluid adenosine deaminase activity in pleural tuberculosis
Source: Eur Respir J 2005; 26: Suppl. 49, 417s
Year: 2005

Adenosine deaminase isoenzyme 2 activity (ADA-2) in pleural effusions with high total levels of ADA
Source: Eur Respir J 2001; 18: Suppl. 33, 309s
Year: 2001

Relationship between levels of serum adenosin deaminase (ADA) and sputum smear conversion in patients with pulmonary tuberculosis
Source: Eur Respir J 2004; 24: Suppl. 48, 425s
Year: 2004

The utility of pleural fluid lactate dehydrogenase to adenosine deaminase ratio in pleural tuberculosis
Source: Virtual Congress 2020 – Interventional pulmonology: unity in diversity
Year: 2020


Role of adenosine deaminase (ADA) in differentiating tuberculous pleural effusions
Source: Eur Respir J 2004; 24: Suppl. 48, 644s
Year: 2004

Pleural effusion adenosine deaminase (ADA) level in patients with tuberculous pleurisy
Source: Annual Congress 2010 - Extrapulmonary tuberculosis
Year: 2010

Serum adenosine deaminase (ADA) activities and neopterine levels during therapy in patients with pulmonary tuberculosis and community-acquired pneumonia
Source: Annual Congress 2010 - What is new in the diagnosis of tuberculosis?
Year: 2010

Comparative evaluation of alkaline phosphatase (ALP) & adenosine deaminase (ADA) in pleural fluid and serum of patients with pleural effusions
Source: Annual Congress 2011 - Pleural and mediastinal malignancies: management and rare clinical cases
Year: 2011


The relation of the pleural thickening in tuberculosis pleurisy with the activity of adenosine deaminase
Source: Eur Respir J 2004; 24: Suppl. 48, 35s
Year: 2004

An experience of discrimination of exudative pleural effusions based on C-reactive protein (CRP) and adenosine deaminase (ADA) in Belarus
Source: Annual Congress 2008 - Diagnosis of tuberculosis: problems and perspectives
Year: 2008


Diagnostic value of adenosine deaminase in nontuberculous lymphocytic pleural effusions
Source: Eur Respir J 2003; 21: 220-224
Year: 2003



Activity of lysozyme and adenosine deaminase in patients with pulmonary tuberculosis
Source: International Congress 2018 – Diagnosis of tuberculosis
Year: 2018

Adenosine deaminase level of pleural fluids in the differential diagnosis of tuberculosis and malignant pleural fluids: a new cut-off value suggestion
Source: Eur Respir J 2002; 20: Suppl. 38, 581s
Year: 2002

The level of pleural fluid adenosine deaminase in the diagnosis of tuberculous pleurisy; a cut-off value for our hospital
Source: Annual Congress 2007 - Clinical tuberculosis
Year: 2007


Adenosine deaminase level in the diagnosis of tuberculosis pleural effusions- a study of 205 patients
Source: Eur Respir J 2004; 24: Suppl. 48, 425s
Year: 2004

Adenosine deaminase (ADA), interferon-gamma (IFN-gamma) and interleukin-18 (IL-18) levels in pleural fluid and sera for the diagnosis of tuberculous pleuritis
Source: Annual Congress 2008 - Clinical epidemiology of tuberculosis III
Year: 2008

Adenosine deaminase (ADA) in diagnosis of tuberculous pleural effusions in a developing country and region with average incidence of pulmonary tuberculosis
Source: Annual Congress 2007 - Immunology and genetics of tuberculosis
Year: 2007


Diagnostic efficacy of adenosine deaminase isoenzyme 2 in tuberculous pleural effusion
Source: Eur Respir J 2007; 30: Suppl. 51, 89s
Year: 2007

The worth of serum adenosine deaminase levels in patients with pulmonary tuberculosis for follow-up the disease
Source: Eur Respir J 2004; 24: Suppl. 48, 425s
Year: 2004