C-Reactive Protein in Lymphocytic Pleural Effusions: A Diagnostic Aid in Tuberculous Pleuritis

Eduardo Garcia-Pachon,Maria J. Soler,Isabel Padilla-Navas,Victor Romero,Conrado Shum

C-Reactive Protein in Lymphocytic Pleural Effusions: A Diagnostic Aid in Tuberculous Pleuritis

2005

Eduardo Garcia-Pachon
Maria J. Soler
Isabel Padilla-Navas
Victor Romero
Conrado Shum

Background: C-reactive protein (CRP) pleural fluid levels have been found to be higher in tuberculosis and parapneumonic effusions than in other causes of pleural effusion.

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Pleurisy
Lymphocyte
Respiratory disease
Pathology
C-reactive protein
Tuberculosis
Tuberculous pleuritis
Pleural effusion
Medicine
Pleural disease
pleural fluid
diagnostic aid

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