title: Response: the index of suspicion for tuberculous pleural effusion should always be high.
authors.affiliation: Interventional Respiratory Unit, Department of Respiratory Medicine, Galway University Hospitals, Galway, Ireland.
authors.forename: A M
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Egan
authors.affiliation: Interventional Respiratory Unit, Department of Respiratory Medicine, Galway University Hospitals, Galway, Ireland.
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: McPhillips
authors.affiliation: Department of Pulmonary Medicine, Franklin Square Hospital, Baltimore, MD 21237, USA.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Sarkar
authors.affiliation: Interventional Respiratory Unit, Department of Respiratory Medicine, Galway University Hospitals, Galway, Ireland david.breen@hse.ie.
authors.forename: D P
authors.initials: DP
authors.lastname: Breen
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D016066:Pleural Effusion, Malignant / Q000628:therapy*