Evaluation of Polymerase Chain Reaction, Adenosine Deaminase, and Interferon-γ in Pleural Fluid for the Differential Diagnosis of Pleural Tuberculosis

This publication has 33 references indexed in Scilit:

• Clinical utility of the polymerase chain reaction in the diagnosis of extrapulmonary tuberculosis
  European Respiratory Journal, 1998
• Differential diagnosis of tuberculous pleurisy by measurement of cytokine concentrations in pleural effusion
  Tubercle and Lung Disease, 1997
• Adenosine deaminase (ADA) isoenzyme analysis in pleural effusions: diagnostic role, and relevance to the origin of increased ADA in tuberculous pleurisy
  European Respiratory Journal, 1996
• Tumour necrosis factor, interleukin-1 and adenosine deaminase in tuberculous pleural effusion
  Respiratory Medicine, 1996
• Use of adenosine deaminase as a diagnostic tool for tuberculous pleurisy.
  Thorax, 1995
• A comparison study of IFN-γ, ADA, and CA125 as the diagnostic parameters in tuberculous pleuritis
  Respiratory Medicine, 1994
• Tuberculous pleural effusions: increased culture yield with bedside inoculation of pleural fluid and poor diagnostic value of adenosine deaminase.
  Thorax, 1991
• Use of uracil DNA glycosylase to control carry-over contamination in polymerase chain reactions
  Gene, 1990
• Cytologic and bacteriologic analysis of fluid and pleural biopsy specimens with Cope's needle. Study of 414 patients
  Archives of internal medicine (1960), 1990
• Adenosine deaminase activity in the diagnosis of lymphocytic pleural effusions of tuberculous, neoplastic and lymphomatous origin
  Tubercle, 1986