Comparison of mycobacterial culture yield from pleural tissue using pleuroscopic cryobiopsy versus forceps biopsy in patients with tuberculous pleurisy
There was no significant difference in the yield rate of MTB culture obtained by cryobiopsy or forceps biopsy in cases of undiagnosed pleural effusion during pleuroscopy. When tuberculous pleurisy is suspected, forceps biopsy may be the optimal method for obtaining mycobacterial cultures from pleural tissue.
Authors
- Meng‐Jer Hsieh (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2077-0470)
- Shih-Hong Li
- Chih‐Wei Wang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6482-6616)
- Che‐Chia Chang
- Meng‐Heng Hsieh
- Shu Min Lin
- Li-Chung Chiu
- Chung-Shu Lee
- Chih-Hao Chang
- Wei-Chun Lee
- Fu-Tsai Chung
- Horng-Chyuan Lin
- Shu-Yi Huang
Publication Details
- Journal
- Respiration
- Published
- 2026-03-27
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1159/000551717
- Primary Topic
- Pleural and Pulmonary Diseases
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00