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. 2016 Jul;8(7):E486–E494. doi: 10.21037/jtd.2016.05.87

Table 1. The proportion of TPE in total pleural effusions diagnosed by medical thoracoscopy.

Country n TPE (%)
China (10) 833 40.0
South Africa (11) 51 82.4
India (12) 68 23.5
New Zealand (13) 51 5.9
United Kingdom (14) 56 5.6
Spain (15) 93 3.2
France (16) 149 2.7
Denmark (17) 146 2.1
United States (18) 51 0

TPE, tuberculous pleural effusion.