Clinical Diagnostic Utility of IP-10 and LAM Antigen Levels for the Diagnosis of Tuberculous Pleural Effusions in a High Burden Setting

• Keertan Dheda ,

  * E-mail: keertan.dheda@uct.ac.za

  Current address: Department of Medicine, Groote Schuur Hospital, Observatory, Cape Town, South Africa

  Affiliations Lung Infection and Immunity Unit & CTBRI, UCT Lung Institute & Division of Pulmonology, Department of Medicine, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa, Institute of Infectious Diseases and Molecular Medicine, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa, Centre for Infectious Diseases and International Health, University College Medical School, London, United Kingdom

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• Richard N. Van-Zyl Smit,

  Affiliation Lung Infection and Immunity Unit & CTBRI, UCT Lung Institute & Division of Pulmonology, Department of Medicine, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa

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• Leonardo A. Sechi,

  Affiliation Department of Biomedical Sciences, University of Sassari, Sardinia, Italy

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• Motasim Badri,

  Affiliation Lung Infection and Immunity Unit & CTBRI, UCT Lung Institute & Division of Pulmonology, Department of Medicine, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa

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• Richard Meldau,

  Affiliation Lung Infection and Immunity Unit & CTBRI, UCT Lung Institute & Division of Pulmonology, Department of Medicine, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa

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• Gregory Symons,

  Affiliation Lung Infection and Immunity Unit & CTBRI, UCT Lung Institute & Division of Pulmonology, Department of Medicine, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa

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• Hoosein Khalfey,

  Affiliation Lung Infection and Immunity Unit & CTBRI, UCT Lung Institute & Division of Pulmonology, Department of Medicine, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa

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• Igshaan Carr,

  Affiliation Lung Infection and Immunity Unit & CTBRI, UCT Lung Institute & Division of Pulmonology, Department of Medicine, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa

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• Alice Maredza,

  Affiliation Lung Infection and Immunity Unit & CTBRI, UCT Lung Institute & Division of Pulmonology, Department of Medicine, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa

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• Rodney Dawson,

  Affiliation Lung Infection and Immunity Unit & CTBRI, UCT Lung Institute & Division of Pulmonology, Department of Medicine, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa

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• Helen Wainright,

  Affiliation Lung Infection and Immunity Unit & CTBRI, UCT Lung Institute & Division of Pulmonology, Department of Medicine, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa

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• Andrew Whitelaw,

  Affiliations National Health Laboratory Service, Cape Town, South Africa, Division of Medical Microbiology, Department of Clinical Laboratory Sciences, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa

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• Eric D. Bateman,

  Affiliation Lung Infection and Immunity Unit & CTBRI, UCT Lung Institute & Division of Pulmonology, Department of Medicine, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa

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• Alimuddin Zumla

  Affiliation Centre for Infectious Diseases and International Health, University College Medical School, London, United Kingdom

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