Source: Annual Congress 2002 - Diagnostic methods in tuberculosis
Disease area: Respiratory infections



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D. Gheorghes, R. Cernat, A. Iacobovici, I. Tomosoiu (Iasi, Romania). Increased specificity for the diagnostic of tuberculosis pleuritis through combined ADA with lymphocite/neutrophil ratio in pleural liquid. Eur Respir J 2002; 20: Suppl. 38, 3590

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