The yield of different pleural fluid volumes for Mycobacterium tuberculosis culture
The yield of different pleural fluid volumes for Mycobacterium tuberculosis culture
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England: BMJ Publishing Group Ltd and British Thoracic Society
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English
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England: BMJ Publishing Group Ltd and British Thoracic Society
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We prospectively compared the culture yields of two pleural fluid volumes (5 and 100 ml) inoculated in liquid culture medium in 77 patients of whom 58 (75.3%) were diagnosed with pleural tuberculosis. The overall fluid culture yield was high (60.3% of cases with pleural tuberculosis). The larger volume had a faster time to positivity (329 vs 376 h,...
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The yield of different pleural fluid volumes for Mycobacterium tuberculosis culture
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TN_cdi_proquest_miscellaneous_1551624800
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/TN_cdi_proquest_miscellaneous_1551624800
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0040-6376
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1468-3296
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10.1136/thoraxjnl-2012-202338
