Hyporexia and cellular/biochemical characteristics of pleural fluid as predictive variables on a model for pleural tuberculosis diagnosis.
Ana Paula Gomes Dos SantosMarcelo Ribeiro AlvesRaquel da Silva CorrêaIsabelle LopesMariana Almeida SilvaThiago Thomaz MafortJanaina LeungLuciana Silva RodriguesRogerio Lopes Rufino AlvesPublished in: Jornal brasileiro de pneumologia : publicacao oficial da Sociedade Brasileira de Pneumologia e Tisilogia (2021)
The DTC model showed an excellent performance for PlTB diagnosis and can be considered as an alternative diagnostic strategy by using clinical patterns in association with PF cellular/biochemical characteristics, which were affordable and easily performed in basic health care units.