Thorax
Enhanced diagnosis of tuberculous pleurisy using a multiplex droplet digital PCR assay targeting circulating mycobacterial DNA.
Siqi Zhang, Ye Xu, Mingxiang Huang, Yuying Pan, Jichang Shangguan, Rui Peng, Xiaoman Hu, Fang Zheng, Na Luo, Xiaohong Chen, Qingge Li
Published: 202510.1136/thorax-2025-223553
Abstract
BACKGROUND: Tuberculous pleurisy (TBP) is a leading aetiology of exudative pleural effusion in tuberculosis (TB)-endemic regions and poses significant diagnostic challenges due to its paucibacillary nature of Mycobacterium tuberculosis (MTB) in pleur…
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