The utility of pleural fluid lactate dehydrogenase to adenosine deaminase ratio in pleural tuberculosis

A. Beukes (Cape Town, South Africa), J. Shaw (Cape Town, South Africa), E. Irusen (Cape Town, South Africa), A. Diacon (Cape Town, South Africa), C. Koegelenberg (Cape Town, South Africa)

Source: Virtual Congress 2020 – Interventional pulmonology: unity in diversity
Session: Interventional pulmonology: unity in diversity
Session type: E-poster session
Number: 1587
Disease area: Respiratory infections, Thoracic oncology

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