The comparative value of pleural fluid adenosine deaminase and neopterin levels in diagnostic utility of pleural tuberculosis

Kosar F., Yurt S., Yigitbas B. A., Seker B., Ozcelik H. K., UZUN H.

TUBERKULOZ VE TORAK-TUBERCULOSIS AND THORAX, vol.63, no.4, pp.243-249, 2015 (ESCI) identifier identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 63 Issue: 4
  • Publication Date: 2015
  • Doi Number: 10.5578/tt.9973
  • Journal Name: TUBERKULOZ VE TORAK-TUBERCULOSIS AND THORAX
  • Journal Indexes: Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI), Scopus, TR DİZİN (ULAKBİM)
  • Page Numbers: pp.243-249
  • Bezmialem Vakıf University Affiliated: Yes

Abstract

Introduction: The aim of the present study was to evaluate and compare the diagnostic accuracy of pleura levels of adenosinedeaminase (ADA) and neopterin for the differential diagnosis of pleural tuberculosis (TP).