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Research advances of tuberculous pleurisy

  

  1. Department of Respiratory Medicine, Hebei Chest Hospital, Shijiazhuang 050041, China
  • Online:2016-10-05 Published:2016-10-11
  • Contact: Corresponding author:Zhang Ling,Email:xkyy0000@163.com

Abstract: On a global scale, tuberculous pleurisy remains one of the most frequent causes of pleural effusion, and with the development of the basic and clinical research, the understanding of tuberculous pleurisy has been updated. This article reviews the recent progress of  tuberculous pleurisy in etiology, diagnosis and management.

Key words: tuberculosis, pleural, diagnosis;treatment