Diagnosis of Tuberculous Pleurisy by Culture of Pleural Biopsy Specimen

Authors:
  • HLHarold Levine
    Harold Levine
  • WMWilliam Metzger
    William Metzger
  • DLDonaldo Lacera
    Donaldo Lacera
  • LKLudmila Kay
    Ludmila Kay
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Abstract
Pleural biopsy cultures for tubercle bacilli, performed on specimens from 63 consecutive patients with exudative pleural effusions, grew outMycobacterium tuberculosisfrom the tissue of 16 patients. Twenty-one of the patients in the study were eventually proved to have tuberculous pleurisy. The rate of positive pleural biopsy cultures in proved cases was, therefore, 76%. When culture results of the