Diagnosis of tuberculous pleurisy using the biologic parameters adenosine deaminase, lysozyme, and interferon gamma
…, A Pose, B Chomón, JM Alvarez-Dobaño… - Chest, 1993 - Elsevier
We compared the parameters pleural adenosine deaminase (PADA, determined in 405
patients), the PADA/serum ADA ratio (P/SADA; 276 cases), pleural lysozyme (PLYS, 276
cases), the PLYS/serum LYS ratio (P/SLYS; 276 cases), and pleural interferon gamma (IFN,
145 cases) regarding their ability to differentiate tuberculous pleural effusions from others.
The 405 pleural effusions were classified by previously established criteria as tuberculous
(91), neoplastic (110), parapneumonic (58), empyemas (10), transudates (88), or …
patients), the PADA/serum ADA ratio (P/SADA; 276 cases), pleural lysozyme (PLYS, 276
cases), the PLYS/serum LYS ratio (P/SLYS; 276 cases), and pleural interferon gamma (IFN,
145 cases) regarding their ability to differentiate tuberculous pleural effusions from others.
The 405 pleural effusions were classified by previously established criteria as tuberculous
(91), neoplastic (110), parapneumonic (58), empyemas (10), transudates (88), or …
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