Tuberculous Pleurisy: An Update

Tuberculous pleurisy is the most common form of extrapulmonary tuberculosis in Korea. Tuberculous pleurisy presents a diagnostic and therapeutic problem due to the limitations of traditional diagnostic tools. There have been many clinical research works during the past decade. Recent studies have pr...

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Main Author: Jeon, Doosoo
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: The Korean Academy of Tuberculosis and Respiratory Diseases 2014
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4021261/
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spelling pubmed-40212612014-05-21 Tuberculous Pleurisy: An Update Jeon, Doosoo Review Tuberculous pleurisy is the most common form of extrapulmonary tuberculosis in Korea. Tuberculous pleurisy presents a diagnostic and therapeutic problem due to the limitations of traditional diagnostic tools. There have been many clinical research works during the past decade. Recent studies have provided new insight into the tuberculous pleurisy, which have a large impact on clinical practice. This review is a general overview of tuberculous pleurisy with a focus on recent findings on the diagnosis and management. The Korean Academy of Tuberculosis and Respiratory Diseases 2014-04 2014-04-25 /pmc/articles/PMC4021261/ /pubmed/24851127 http://dx.doi.org/10.4046/trd.2014.76.4.153 Text en Copyright©2014. The Korean Academy of Tuberculosis and Respiratory Diseases. All rights reserved. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ It is identical to the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/)
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Tuberculous Pleurisy: An Update
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title Tuberculous Pleurisy: An Update
title_short Tuberculous Pleurisy: An Update
title_full Tuberculous Pleurisy: An Update
title_fullStr Tuberculous Pleurisy: An Update
title_full_unstemmed Tuberculous Pleurisy: An Update
title_sort tuberculous pleurisy: an update
description Tuberculous pleurisy is the most common form of extrapulmonary tuberculosis in Korea. Tuberculous pleurisy presents a diagnostic and therapeutic problem due to the limitations of traditional diagnostic tools. There have been many clinical research works during the past decade. Recent studies have provided new insight into the tuberculous pleurisy, which have a large impact on clinical practice. This review is a general overview of tuberculous pleurisy with a focus on recent findings on the diagnosis and management.
publisher The Korean Academy of Tuberculosis and Respiratory Diseases
publishDate 2014
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