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Microbiological detection rate of infectious pleural lesions with pleural effusion (n, %)
| n = 240 | Pleural tuberculosis n = 210 |
NTM n = 7 |
Empyema n = 23 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pleural effusion | 25 (11.90%) | 1(14.29) | 3(13.04) |
| Pleural biopsy | 159 (75.71%) | 6(85.71) | 20(86.96) |
| P | p < 0.01 | p < 0.01 | p < 0.01 |
