Diagnostic accuracy of pleural fluid adenosine deaminase in patients with tuberculous pleural effusion while keeping pleural biopsy as a gold standard

Nausheen Saifullah (Karachi, Pakistan), Nausheen Saifullah, Saifullah Baig, Jagdesh Kumar, Nadeem Rizvi

Source: International Congress 2016 – Non-tuberculous mycobacteria: HIV-TB co-infection and adenosine deaminase (ADA)
Session: Non-tuberculous mycobacteria: HIV-TB co-infection and adenosine deaminase (ADA)
Session type: Thematic Poster
Number: 2769
Disease area: Respiratory infections, Thoracic oncology

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