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Showing 1 to 11 of 11 for “"pleural fluid"”.
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Neutrophils in advanced non-small cell lung cancer
… investigate how the extrinsic metastatic NSCLC pleural environment influences the function of neutrophils, it was modelled in vitro by culturing healthy donor neutrophils in conditions emulating the pleural space. Tumour necrosis factor alpha (TNFa) and hypoxia acted as pro-survival signals …
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Tuberculous pleural effusions : a prospective study of rapid diagnostic tests (adenosine deaminase, antigen capture enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay, and the polymerase chain reaction) and evaluation of a radiometric mycobacterial culture system
… rapid diagnostic tests for tuberculosis in pleural fluid, and to assess the sensitivity and speed of a radiometric mycobacterial culture system (BACTEC, Johnson Laboratories). Patients presenting to the Department of Medicine at Groote Schuur Hospital with pleural effusions for diagnostic …
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Aetiology of pleural effusions diagnosed by routine culture and molecular techniques in children living in a high tuberculosis-endemic setting
BACKGROUND: Confirming aetiology of pleural effusion in children may be difficult in tuberculosis (TB)-endemic settings. We investigated the role of polymerase chain reaction (PCR) and routine biochemical tests in discriminating pleural effusion caused by bacteria from other aetiologies. METHODS: …
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A Flow Cytometric Analysis of Immunocyte Populations in Peripheral Blood and Pleural Effusions of Patients with Cancer
… on paired samples of peripheral blood (PB) and pleural effusions (PE) of patients with metastatic malignancies. The purpose of these analyses was to test the hypothesis that there are significant differences in the distribution of immunocyte populations in the PE compared to that of the PB.</p> …
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Aetiology and presentation of childhood pleural infections in the post-pneumococcal conjugate vaccine era in South Africa
Complications of respiratory infections include pleural effusion (PE), associated with a high morbidity. Differentiating between PE caused by bacterial infections and Mycobacterium tuberculosis (TB) in endemic areas is difficult in children, impacting treatment. We investigated the aetiology of PE …
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The added value of BAP1 immunohistochemistry and fluorescence in situ hybridisation for CDKN2A/p16 and NF2 in the diagnosis and prognostication of pleural mesothelioma
… one prospective study in patients with malignant pleural effusions (MPE), and three studies involving the retrospective analysis of samples from patients with mesothelioma. In addition, two case reports were prepared, centring on similar objectives. In the prospective study, samples were collected …
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Detection of virulence genes and antimicrobial resistance genes in staphylococci isolated at Malamulo hospital in Malawi.
… (16), urine (14), pus (three), skin wedge (one), pleural fluid (one), and ascitic fluid (one). Patients age categories recorded were 12 paediatrics, 19 young adults, two middle aged adults and three elderly adults. The nuc, spa and coa genes were used to detect and identify S. aureus species. Disc …
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Detection of virulence genes and antimicrobial resistance genes in staphylococci isolated at Malamulo hospital in Malawi.
… (16), urine (14), pus (three), skin wedge (one), pleural fluid (one), and ascitic fluid (one). Patients age categories recorded were 12 paediatrics, 19 young adults, two middle aged adults and three elderly adults. The nuc, spa and coa genes were used to detect and identify S. aureus species. Disc …
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Diagnostic utility of pericardial fluid pH in diagnosing infectious pericardial effusions among patients with moderate and large effusions undergoing pericardiocentesis at Groote Schuur Hospital: a subs-study of the IMPI trial
… of pH in diagnosing infectious pericardial fluid is unknown, yet this concept is well studied in pleural fluid. This cross-sectional diagnostic study evaluated the diagnostic utility of pH in infectious compared to non-infectious pericardial effusions in a high-burden setting. Methods: …
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Newer and novel sputum versus non-sputum-based tools for the diagnosis of active tuberculosis in different patient sub-populations
… the diagnostic performance of pericardial fluid unstimulated interferon gamma (measured using the novel IRISA-TBTM test) and compared it to other same-day tests including Xpert Ultra and adenosine deaminase (ADA) in 99 South African patients with suspected pericardial TB using a composite …
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An exploration on the use of lung ultrasound by physiotherapists within the cardiac surgery population.
… confidence and certainty, particularly for pleural fluid. The meta-inferences also found LUS is seldom performed on, and changed management for, day one non-emergency cardiac surgery patients for several reasons. The qualitative phase resulted in three themes: (1) Views of physiotherapists …