Table 1.
Aetiology of pleural effusion across the cohort (n-338).
Table 2.
Details of patients diagnosed with tuberculous pleural effusion.
Fig 1.
Boxplot of pfADA levels by diagnostic category for all effusions (n = 338).
Abbreviations; SPPE—Simple parapneumonic effusion, CPPE—Complicated parapneumonic effusion, mTB—mycobacterium tuberculosis.
Table 3.
Causes of a high pfADA (≥35 IU/L).
Fig 2.
Boxplot of pfADA levels by diagnostic category for lymphocyte predominant effusions (n = 98).
Abbreviations; SPPE—Simple parapneumonic effusion, CPPE—Complicated parapneumonic effusion, mTB—mycobacterium tuberculosis.
Table 4.
Cross tabulation for the diagnostic performance of pfADA in all effusions (n = 338).
Table 5.
Cross tabulation for the diagnostic performance of pfADA in lymphocytic effusions (n = 98).