title: [Etiology of pleural exudates from personal material].
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Specjalistycznego Zespołu Gruźlicy i Chorób Płuc w Rzeszowie.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Pawlukiewicz
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Lis
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kubit-Lis
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Górska-Kowalska
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Wolan
mesh_terms: 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*