[Etiology of pleural exudates from personal material].
Etiology of pleural exudates was established in 87 (79%) out of 110 men, in age 18-82 years, mean-51 years. In this group of patients tuberculosis was recognized in 19.1%, neoplastic disorders in 25.4%, infectious-nontuberculous disease in 34.5%. Etiology of pleural exudates in 20.9% of patients was unknown. However, 80% of them improved in the course of antituberculous treatment.
Pawlukiewicz
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Specjalistycznego Zespołu Gruźlicy i Chorób Płuc w Rzeszowie.
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Kubit-Lis
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Górska-Kowalska
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Wolan
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D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D005122:Exudates and Transudates / Q000166:cytology* / Q000382:microbiology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010994:Pleura / Q000382:microbiology / Q000473:pathology*; D010995:Pleural Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis*; D010996:Pleural Effusion / Q000209:etiology*; D010997:Pleural Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis; D014396:Tuberculosis, Pleural / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis*