Diagnosis of Parapneumonia Pleural Effusion with Serum and Pleural Fluid Cell-Free DNA.

Chih-Min SuChia-Te KungSheng-Yuan Hsiao Nai-Wen TsaiYun-Ru LaiChih-Cheng Huang Hung-Chen Wang Wei-Che LinBen-Chung ChengYu-Jih Su Cheng-Hsien Lu

Published in: BioMed research international (2019)

Nuclear and mitochondrial DNA in pleural fluid possess PPE diagnostic potential and correlated with disease severity. Serum nuclear DNA could also be used to distinguish freshly admitted PPE patients (Day 1) from non-PPE patients, but with less accuracy.

Keyphrases

mitochondrial dna
end stage renal disease
ejection fraction
newly diagnosed
prognostic factors
gene expression
climate change
circulating tumor
patient reported