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Pleural Mycobacterial Infections

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Pathology of the Pleura and Mediastinum

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  • Dheda, K., Van-Zyl Smit, R. N., Sechi, L. A., Badri, M., et al. (2009). Clinical diagnostic utility of IP-10 and LAM antigen levels for the diagnosis of tuberculous pleural effusions in a high burden setting. PLoS ONE, 4(3), e4689.

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  1. Division of Anatomical Pathology, UCT Faculty of Health Science, Cape Town, South Africa

    Helen C. Wainwright

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  1. Department of Pathology, The University of Mississippi Medical School, The University of Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson, MS, USA

    Timothy Craig Allen

  2. Department of Pathology, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI, USA

    Saul Suster

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Wainwright, H.C. (2018). Pleural Mycobacterial Infections. In: Allen, T.C., Suster, S. (eds) Pathology of the Pleura and Mediastinum. Encyclopedia of Pathology. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-66796-6_807

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