Fig 1.
Flowchart of study: Selection of study participants.
Table 1.
Baseline characteristics of 329 patients with TBPE.
Fig 2.
Positive culture rate of overall and second pleural culture according to time interval between first and second culture and changes in pleural fluid characteristics.
Table 2.
Biochemical changes in sequential examinations of 77 cases in the repeated pleural culture group.
Table 3.
Comparisons of clinical, radiological, and laboratory characteristics based on MTB culture-positivity of serial pleural fluid in 77 TBPE patients.
Table 4.
Predictors of MTB cultivation in patients with tuberculous pleural effusion via first and second pleural culture.