title: [General principles in the detection of patients and verification of a diagnosis in tuberculous pleurisy].
abstract: How detection of patients with tuberculous pleurisy is organized in the Voronezh Region in the period of 1979 to 2003 was studied. Tuberculous pleurisy was diagnosed in 2681 (31.73%) of 8450 patients with pleural effusion of diverse etiology. A package of necessary studies was determined for the verification of the diagnosis. It is suggested that it is expedient to establish a pleural pathology unit at a tuberculosis hospital for enhancement of the efficiency of diagnosis and verification of tuberculous pleuritis.
authors.forename: N A
authors.initials: NA
authors.lastname: Stogova
authors.forename: N S
authors.initials: NS
authors.lastname: Tiukhtin
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D001706:Biopsy; D002648:Child; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007124:Immunoenzyme Techniques; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009169:Mycobacterium tuberculosis / Q000302:isolation & purification; D010994:Pleura / Q000382:microbiology / Q000473:pathology; D010996:Pleural Effusion / Q000175:diagnosis; D011247:Pregnancy; D011251:Pregnancy Complications, Infectious / Q000175:diagnosis; D012426:Russia / Q000453:epidemiology; D013183:Sputum / Q000382:microbiology; D013997:Time Factors; D014396:Tuberculosis, Pleural / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000473:pathology