title: [Purulent forms of tuberculous serositis].
abstract: Three cases of tuberculosis of serous membranes (1 pleuritis, 1 pericarditis, 1 meningitis) are reported in the absence of detected superinfection, all of them characterized by a purulent effusion. Even in tuberculosis endemic zones, the purulent character of the puncture liquid of tuberculotic serositis appears to be rare or exceptional. Tuberculosis has to be systematically considered among the causes of pleuritis, pericarditis or purulent meningitis when any current investigations are negative.
authors: Hôpitaux des Armées, Hôpital d'Instruction des Armées, Sainte-Anne, Toulon.
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authors: Carli
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010495:Pericarditis, Tuberculous / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D011859:Radiography; D012700:Serositis / Q000382:microbiology*; D014381:Tuberculosis, Cardiovascular; D014390:Tuberculosis, Meningeal / Q000175:diagnosis*; D014396:Tuberculosis, Pleural / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging
vernacular_title: Formes purulentes de sérites tuberculeuses.