RT Journal Article SR Electronic T1 Pleural tuberculosis: A retrospective study in the tuberculous control unit of Blida between 2005 and 2009 JF European Respiratory Journal JO Eur Respir J FD European Respiratory Society SP p2677 VO 38 IS Suppl 55 A1 Lotfi Nacef A1 Omar Saighi YR 2011 UL http://erj.ersjournals.com/content/38/Suppl_55/p2677.abstract AB Introduction: Pleural tuberculosis is among the most common sites of extrapulmonary tuberculosis, which represent 30% of all tuberculosis cases in Algeria. She reached preferentially the young adults.Aims and objectives: The aim of our study is to clarify the characteristics of the epidemiology, diagnosis, treatements and outcome of pleural tuberculosis and also to clarify the predisposing factors.Methods: Our retrospective study concerned 117 cases of tuberculous pleurisy supported for 05 years from 2005 to 2009 among a total of 764 cases followed for extrapulmonary tuberculosis at the Blida tuberculous control unit.Results: Our study has assembled 67 men and 50 women with a mean age of 30 years. Comorbidities in number of 7 are represented by 4 cases of metabolic syndrome. The impairment is most often right sided in 57.2% of cases, and bilateral in 11% of cases. The investigations carried out showed a tuberculin allergy in 31.6% of cases. The histology diagnosis was mainly contributing in 42.7% of cases by finding caseofollicular tuberculous, and in 23.9% of cases by a tuberculoid inflammation. The antibiotic treatment was started in all cases with a favorable outcome to the healing in 50.4% of cases and with sequelae in 45.2% of cases. However, we noted 4 cases of lost sight and one patient transferred for therapeutic monitoring.Conclusion: The management of tuberculous pleurisy is correlated by the improvement of diagnostic methods, certainty including pleural biopsy and thoracoscopy.