Does repeated pleural culture increase the diagnostic yield of Mycobacterium tuberculosis from tuberculous pleural effusion in HIV-negative individuals?

Yousang Ko; Jinkyung Song; Suh-Young Lee; Jin-Wook Moon; Eun-Kyung Mo; Ji Young Park; Joo-Hee Kim; Sunghoon Park; Yong Il Hwang; Seung Hun Jang; Byung Woo Jhun; Yun Su Sim; Tae Rim Shin; Dong-Gyu Kim; Ji Young Hong; Chang Youl Lee; Myung Goo Lee; Cheol-Hong Kim; In Gyu Hyun; Yong Bum Park

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0181798

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Does repeated pleural culture increase the diagnostic yield of Mycobacterium tuberculosis from tuberculous pleural effusion in HIV-negative individuals?

Yousang Ko ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Yousang Ko, Jinkyung Song

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Division of Pulmonary, Allergy and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Kangdong Sacred Heart Hospital, Hallym University College of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea, Lung Research Institute of Hallym University College of Medicine, Chuncheon, Republic of Korea
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Jinkyung Song ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Yousang Ko, Jinkyung Song

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Writing – original draft

Affiliation Division of Pulmonary, Allergy and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Kangdong Sacred Heart Hospital, Hallym University College of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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Suh-Young Lee,

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Division of Pulmonary, Allergy and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Kangdong Sacred Heart Hospital, Hallym University College of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea, Lung Research Institute of Hallym University College of Medicine, Chuncheon, Republic of Korea
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Jin-Wook Moon,

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Division of Pulmonary, Allergy and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Kangdong Sacred Heart Hospital, Hallym University College of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea, Lung Research Institute of Hallym University College of Medicine, Chuncheon, Republic of Korea
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Eun-Kyung Mo,

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Division of Pulmonary, Allergy and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Kangdong Sacred Heart Hospital, Hallym University College of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea, Lung Research Institute of Hallym University College of Medicine, Chuncheon, Republic of Korea
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Ji Young Park,

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Lung Research Institute of Hallym University College of Medicine, Chuncheon, Republic of Korea, Division of Pulmonary, Allergy and Critical Care Medicine, Hallym University Sacred Heart Hospital, Anyang, Republic of Korea
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Joo-Hee Kim,

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Lung Research Institute of Hallym University College of Medicine, Chuncheon, Republic of Korea, Division of Pulmonary, Allergy and Critical Care Medicine, Hallym University Sacred Heart Hospital, Anyang, Republic of Korea
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Sunghoon Park,

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Lung Research Institute of Hallym University College of Medicine, Chuncheon, Republic of Korea, Division of Pulmonary, Allergy and Critical Care Medicine, Hallym University Sacred Heart Hospital, Anyang, Republic of Korea
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Yong Il Hwang,

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Lung Research Institute of Hallym University College of Medicine, Chuncheon, Republic of Korea, Division of Pulmonary, Allergy and Critical Care Medicine, Hallym University Sacred Heart Hospital, Anyang, Republic of Korea
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Seung Hun Jang,

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Lung Research Institute of Hallym University College of Medicine, Chuncheon, Republic of Korea, Division of Pulmonary, Allergy and Critical Care Medicine, Hallym University Sacred Heart Hospital, Anyang, Republic of Korea
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Byung Woo Jhun,

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Lung Research Institute of Hallym University College of Medicine, Chuncheon, Republic of Korea, Division of Pulmonary, Allergy and Critical Care Medicine, Kangnam Sacred Heart Hospital, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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Yun Su Sim,

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Lung Research Institute of Hallym University College of Medicine, Chuncheon, Republic of Korea, Division of Pulmonary, Allergy and Critical Care Medicine, Kangnam Sacred Heart Hospital, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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Tae Rim Shin,

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Lung Research Institute of Hallym University College of Medicine, Chuncheon, Republic of Korea, Division of Pulmonary, Allergy and Critical Care Medicine, Kangnam Sacred Heart Hospital, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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Dong-Gyu Kim,

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Lung Research Institute of Hallym University College of Medicine, Chuncheon, Republic of Korea, Division of Pulmonary, Allergy and Critical Care Medicine, Kangnam Sacred Heart Hospital, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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Ji Young Hong,

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Lung Research Institute of Hallym University College of Medicine, Chuncheon, Republic of Korea, Division of Pulmonary, Allergy and Critical Care Medicine, Chuncheon Sacred Heart Hospital, Chuncheon, Republic of Korea
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Chang Youl Lee,

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Lung Research Institute of Hallym University College of Medicine, Chuncheon, Republic of Korea, Division of Pulmonary, Allergy and Critical Care Medicine, Chuncheon Sacred Heart Hospital, Chuncheon, Republic of Korea
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Myung Goo Lee,

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Lung Research Institute of Hallym University College of Medicine, Chuncheon, Republic of Korea, Division of Pulmonary, Allergy and Critical Care Medicine, Chuncheon Sacred Heart Hospital, Chuncheon, Republic of Korea
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Cheol-Hong Kim,

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Lung Research Institute of Hallym University College of Medicine, Chuncheon, Republic of Korea, Division of Pulmonary, Allergy and Critical Care Medicine, Dongtan Sacred Heart Hospital, Hwaseong, Republic of Korea
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In Gyu Hyun,

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Lung Research Institute of Hallym University College of Medicine, Chuncheon, Republic of Korea, Division of Pulmonary, Allergy and Critical Care Medicine, Dongtan Sacred Heart Hospital, Hwaseong, Republic of Korea
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Yong Bum Park

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Writing – review & editing

* E-mail: bfspark2@gmail.com

Affiliations Division of Pulmonary, Allergy and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Kangdong Sacred Heart Hospital, Hallym University College of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea, Lung Research Institute of Hallym University College of Medicine, Chuncheon, Republic of Korea

http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5814-6104

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Does repeated pleural culture increase the diagnostic yield of Mycobacterium tuberculosis from tuberculous pleural effusion in HIV-negative individuals?

Yousang Ko,
Jinkyung Song,
Suh-Young Lee,
Jin-Wook Moon,
Eun-Kyung Mo,
Ji Young Park,
Joo-Hee Kim,
Sunghoon Park,
Yong Il Hwang,
Seung Hun Jang

Published: July 27, 2017
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0181798

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