Microbiological confirmation of tuberculous pleurisy with medical thoracoscopy: targeted pleural washing and pleural biopsy
With MT, 44.4% of additional sensitivity gain in microbiological confirmation of TB pleurisy was identified. This underscores the role of MT in the diagnosis of TB pleurisy.
Authors
- Joon Young Choi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6298-2204)
- Ah Young Shin (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4039-1240)
- Ju Sang Kim (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4433-231X)
- Yu Jin Hong (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3042-8337)
- Yun Seok Kim (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2817-557X)
- Hyung Woo Kim (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8897-6598)
- Kyung Hoon Kim
- Joong Hyun Ahn (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7714-6863)
- Jick Hwan Ha
Institutions
- The Catholic University of Korea Incheon St. Mary's Hospital (KR)
- Catholic University of Korea (KR)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Journal of Thoracic Disease
- Published
- 2024-08-01
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.21037/jtd-24-143
- Citations
- 1
- Primary Topic
- Pleural and Pulmonary Diseases
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.42