A comparative study on initial pleural fluid findings of tuberculous pleurisy between patients with and those without pleural thickening / 대한내과학회지
Korean Journal of Medicine
; : 632-638, 2000.
Article
in Korean
| WPRIM (Western Pacific)
| ID: wpr-45880
Responsible library:
WPRO
ABSTRACT
BACKGROUND:
Indicator that can predict pleural thickening in pleural tuberculosis has not been known clearly. By the previous study, patients with pleural thickening > or =10 mm had significantly lower glucose and pH values and higher lysozyme and TNF-alpha values than those with pleural thickening or =10 mm and 12 patient (54.5%) had pleural thickening > or =3 mm. Initial pleural fluid protein, LDH, pH, glucose and IFN-gamma, Interleukin-1alpha (IL-1alpha) were studied.RESULTS:
Pleural fluid levels of protein, LDH, glucose, and IFN-gamma were not statistically significant different not only between the group of pleural thickening > or =3 mm and the group of pleural thickening or =10 mm and the group of pleural thickening or =3 mm (85.9+/- 37.1 U/mL) was significantly higher than without thickening (44.8+/-32.0 U/mL) (p or =10 mm (106.9+/-8.6 U/mL) was significantly higher than without thickening (58.5+/-8.6 U/mL)(p< 0.001).CONCLUSION:
Although patient number of our study was smaller than the previous study, IFN-gamma level in initial pleural fluid of pleural tuberculosis may be considered as the predictive factor of pleural thickening.
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Health context:
Neglected Diseases
Health problem:
Neglected Diseases
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Tuberculosis
Database:
WPRIM (Western Pacific)
Main subject:
Pleural Diseases
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Tuberculosis, Pleural
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Muramidase
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Interferon-gamma
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Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha
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Interleukin-1alpha
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Glucose
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Hydrogen-Ion Concentration
Type of study:
Diagnostic study
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Prognostic study
Limits:
Humans
Language:
Korean
Journal:
Korean Journal of Medicine
Year:
2000
Document type:
Article