Repeatability of pleural adenosine deaminase measurements in diagnostic evaluation of pleural effusions.

Ourania S KotsiouPanagiota TzortziRafailia A A BetaAthanasios KyritsisKonstantinos I Gourgoulianis

Published in: Journal of clinical laboratory analysis (2017)

The determination of pleural ADA levels is a reproducible method for rapid tuberculosis diagnosis. The detected measurement deviations do not appear to affect final diagnosis. In specific situations, repeated ADA measurements may be valuable in directing further diagnostic evaluation. More investigation is needed to elucidate the possible prognostic significance of the increasing trend in ADA values in MPEs.

Keyphrases

mycobacterium tuberculosis
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emergency department
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solid phase extraction
pulmonary tuberculosis
protein kinase
hepatitis c virus
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quantum dots
electronic health record
antiretroviral therapy
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