Diagnostic accuracy of combined pleural fluid adenosine deaminase and lymphocyte-to-neutrophil ratio versus CBNAAT/TrueNat in suspected tubercular pleural effusion patients

Background: Although rapid cartridge- and chip-based assays such as CBNAAT and TrueNat provide precise and timely diagnosis of tubercular pleural effusion, their sensitivity in immunocompetent individuals remains lower than that of other pleural fluid markers. In a high-tuberculosis (TB)-prevalence...

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Main Authors: Indraneel Bose, Jaydip Deb, Shilpi Adhikary, Dibyendu Saha
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2025-04-01
Series:The Journal of Association of Chest Physicians
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Online Access:https://journals.lww.com/10.4103/jacp.jacp_19_24
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